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wind·ing
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ˈwaɪn
dɪŋ
/
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wahyn
-ding
]
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noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that winds.
2.
a bend, turn, or flexure.
3.
a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.
4.
something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.
5.
Electricity
.
a.
a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting
current
path in any device.
b.
the manner of such coiling:
a series winding.
adjective
6.
bending or turning; sinuous.
7.
spiral, as stairs.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Origin:
before 1050;
Middle English
(noun),
Old English
windung
(noun);
see
wind
2
,
-ing
1
,
-ing
2
Related forms
wind·ing·ly,
adverb
wind·ing·ness,
noun
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