Definition/Meaning of winding

• English - Noun: winding (countable and uncountable, plural windings) (attributive, countable, uncountable) gerund of wind : 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 . 1732, George Berkeley, “The Fifth Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The…
• English - Adjective: winding (not generally comparable, comparative more winding, superlative most winding) (not comparable, usually) Causing one to be breathless or out of breath . (not comparable, usually) Of a horn or wind instrument : blown to make a sound . winding (comparative more winding, superlative most winding) Moving in a sinuous or twisting manner . 1820, John Clare, “[Poems.] Summer Evening.”, in Poems…
• English - Verb: winding (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wind winding (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of wind
• English - Anagrams: dwining
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. The 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…