American English pronunciation
How to pronounce winding
IPA transcription: ['waɪndɪŋ]
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Noun
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the act of winding or twisting
“he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind”
Verb
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arrange or or coil around
“roll your hair around your finger”
“Twine the thread around the spool”
“She wrapped her arms around the child”
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to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
“the river winds through the hills”
“the path meanders through the vineyards”
“sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body”
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extend in curves and turns
“The road winds around the lake”
“the path twisted through the forest”
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raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
“hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
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catch the scent of; get wind of
“The dog nosed out the drugs”
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coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
“wind your watch”
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form into a wreath
Adjective
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of a path e.g.
“meandering streams”
“rambling forest paths”
“the river followed its wandering course”
“a winding country road”
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marked by repeated turns and bends
“a tortuous road up the mountain”
“winding roads are full of surprises”
“had to steer the car down a twisty track”
Usage examples
- Take the winding path to reach the lake.
- Since the winding itself has no resistance, no current flows through the switch wire.
- The main drawback of a compensation winding is the expense.
- He wheeled the bike past the winding road.
- In this case, several windings are needed to create a layer on the reel.
- Even winding of film is separated from shutter cocking.
- He wheeled the bike past the winding road.
- When a subglacial tunnel began infilling, the results are long winding eskers.
- Leakage inductance depends on the geometry of the core and the windings.
- The term "core" comes from conventional transformers whose windings surround a magnetic core.