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English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
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 — Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Winding engine — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Winding sheet — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Winding tackle — Winding Wind ing, n. 1. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. [1913 Webster] To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — Wind Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf. {Wander}, {Wend}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — 1. noun the windings of the stream Syn: twist, turn, turning, bend, loop, curve, zigzag, meander 2. adjective the winding country roads Syn: twisting and turning, meandering, windy, twisty, bending, curvi … Thesaurus of popular words
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 — I. n. Flexure, turning, meandering, twisting, twist, convolution, contortion, sinuosity, curvature, tortuosity, bend, crook, kink, crookedness. II. a. Flexuous sinuous, meandering, serpentine, bending, curving … New dictionary of synonyms