winding

Gerund 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, 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.

Something wound around another thing.

(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”).