winding English

Meaning winding meaning

What does winding mean?

winding

— adjective (= tortuous, twisty) marked by repeated turns and bends a tortuous road up the mountain winding roads are full of surprises had to steer the car down a twisty track

— adjective (= meandering, rambling, wandering) of a path e.g meandering streams rambling forest paths the river followed its wandering course a winding country road

— noun (= wind, twist) the act of winding or twisting he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind

Synonyms winding synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as winding?

winding English » English

meandering

tortuous

twisting

sinuous

serpentine

crooked

zigzag

coiling

bend

twist

curved

curve

reeling

wind

twisty

curvy

curling

bent

wrapping

curving

winding up

wandering

twining

spiral

coil

zigzagging

windy

voluminous

turning

roundabout

roll

rambling

zigzaging

zigzag line

wrest

windlass

wind-up

wiggly

whorl

wave motion

verticil

undulation

twisted

twine

twiddle

turnover

turning round

turn

tuning

torsion

Topics winding topics

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States Quality Shape

Bend

• What words describe something that has many bends?
  circuitous coiled convoluted corrugated curly curvy kinky meandering pretzel serpentine serrated sinuous snaky spiral tortuous twisting undulating waved waving wavy wind winding zigzag

States Quality Shape Bend

Twist, wring

• What words describe something that has been twisted?
  twisted winding entwined coiled wrung out