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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wind•ing (wīn′ding),USA pronunciation n. - the act of a person or thing that winds.
- a bend, turn, or flexure.
- a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
- something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
- Electricity
- a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.
- the manner of such coiling:a series winding.
adj. - bending or turning;
sinuous. - spiral, as stairs.
- bef. 1050; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English windung (noun, nominal); see wind2, -ing1, -ing2
wind′ing•ly, adv. wind′ing•ness, n. |