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• winding — winding, sinuous, serpentine, tortuous, flexuous can all mean curving first one way and then another. Winding, the general and the ordinary term, often implies spiral ascent {winding stairs} {a winding mountain road} When applied to things in a… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• winding — [wīn′diŋ] n. 1. the action or effect of a person or thing that winds; specif., a) a sinuous path or course b) [usually pl.] devious methods, actions, etc. c) a coiling, spiraling, or twining d) a single turn 2. something that winds; specif …   English World dictionary

• Winding number — The term winding number may also refer to the rotation number of an iterated map. This curve has winding number two around the point p. In mathematics, the winding number of a closed curve in the plane around a given point is an integer… …   Wikipedia

• path — noun 1 way across land ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ narrow ▪ steep ▪ winding ▪ cobblestone (esp. AmE), dirt …   Collocations dictionary

• winding — wind·ing || waɪndɪŋ n. act of turning or coiling; curve, twisting of a path; path of conduction in an electrical device adj. twisting, turning; looping, spiral winding (wind) wind·ing || waɪndɪŋ v. spin; twist; bend; wrap around; be… …   English contemporary dictionary

• winding — windingly, adv. windingness, n. /wuyn ding/, n. 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 …   Universalium

• winding — adj. Winding is used with these nouns: ↑drive, ↑driveway, ↑lane, ↑mechanism, ↑passage, ↑path, ↑river, ↑road, ↑staircase, ↑street, ↑trail, ↑tunnel …   Collocations dictionary

• winding — adjective having a twisting turning shape: a winding path see also: wind 2 (3) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• winding — /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ (say wuynding) noun 1. the act of someone or something 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.… …  

• winding — wind•ing [[t]ˈwaɪn dɪŋ[/t]] n. 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) elm a) a… …   From formal English to slang

• path·way — /ˈpæθˌweı, Brit ˈpɑːθˌweı/ noun, pl ways [count] : ↑path We walked along a winding pathway. a pathway to success (technical) a neural pathway [=a series …   Useful english dictionary