winding
Gerund of windGerund of wind: The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
Meaning
15 sensesGerund of wind
(attributive, countable, uncountable)The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
(countable, uncountable)The act of blowing air through a wind instrument or (chiefly) a horn to make a sound.
(countable, uncountable)The act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing.
Wicklung
мо́ткаmótka, нама́тываниеnamátyvanije, намо́ткаnamótka
the act of winding or twisting
(countable, especially, in the plural, uncountable)A curving, sinuous, or twisting movement; twists and turns.
(countable, especially, in the plural, uncountable)A curving, sinuous, or twisting form.
(countable, uncountable)Chiefly followed by up: the act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism.
(countable, uncountable)Sometimes followed by up: the act of hoisting something using a winch or a similar device.
(countable, figuratively, in the plural, uncountable)Twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing; also, moral crookedness; craftiness, shiftiness.
(UK, countable, uncountable)The act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction.
(countable, uncountable)Something wound around another thing.
Something wound around another thing.
(countable, uncountable)A length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer.
Wicklung
обмо́ткаobmótka
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of lapping (“lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel”).
Translations
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Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing someThe noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)”), from winden, wynden (“to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs).
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Forms
plural: windingsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
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