winding
noun
[ ˈwʌɪndɪŋ ]
• a twisting movement or course.
• "the windings of the stream"
Similar:
twist,
turn,
turning,
bend,
loop,
curve,
zigzag,
convolution,
meander,
meandering,
oxbow,
anfractuosity,
flexuosity,
• a thing that winds or is wound round something.
winding
adjective
• following a twisting or spiral course.
• "our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase"
Similar:
twisting and turning,
full of twists and turns,
meandering,
windy,
twisty,
bending,
curving,
looping,
zigzag,
zigzagging,
serpentine,
sinuous,
snaking,
snaky,
tortuous,
convoluted,
circuitous,
roundabout,
indirect,
anfractuous,
flexuous,
meandrous,
serpentiform,
wind
verb
• cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.
• "the fall nearly winded him"
Similar:
out of breath,
breathless,
gasping for breath,
panting,
puffing,
huffing and puffing,
puffing and blowing,
puffed out,
out of puff,
• make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back.
• "Paddy's wife handed him their six-month-old daughter to be winded"
• detect the presence of (a person or animal) by scent.
• "the birds could not have seen us or winded us"
• sound (a bugle or call) by blowing.
• "but scarce again his horn he wound"
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wind and German Wind, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ventus .
wind
verb
• move in or take a twisting or spiral course.
• "the path wound among olive trees"
Similar:
twist and turn,
twist,
turn,
bend,
curve,
loop,
zigzag,
weave,
snake,
meander,
ramble,
swerve,
veer,
• pass (something) round a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold.
• "he wound a towel around his midriff"
• make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork) operate by turning a key or handle.
• "he wound City Hall's clock every day until he retired at the age of 92"
Origin:
Old English windan ‘go rapidly’, ‘twine’, of Germanic origin; related to wander and wend.
