winding

winding is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Wind. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Wind
2. noun. A call by the boatswain's whistle.
3. adjective. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
4. noun. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
5. noun. A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
6. noun. the act of winding or twisting

   "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

   Synonyms: twist, wind

7. adjective. of a path e.g.

   "meandering streams"

   "rambling forest paths"

   Synonyms: meandering, rambling, wandering

8. adjective. marked by repeated turns and bends

   "a tortuous road up the mountain"

   "winding roads are full of surprises"

   Synonyms: tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous

Synonyms

twist, wind, meandering, rambling, wandering, tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in winding:

dwining

Common word forms

wind, windings, windingly, windingness

Words from these letters

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