winding

winding /'waindi /
  • danh từ
    • khúc lượn, khúc quanh
    • sự cuộn, sự cuốn; guồng (t, chỉ, sợi)
    • (ngành mỏ) sự khai thác
    • sự lên dây (đồng hồ)
    • (kỹ thuật) sự vênh
    • tính từ
      • uốn khúc, quanh co (sông, đường)
      • xoáy trôn ốc, xoắn ốc, cuộn lại, cuốn

    o   sự quấn, sự cuộn; cuộn dây

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    winding

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • the act of winding or twisting; wind, twist

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

      adj.

    • marked by repeated turns and bends; tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous

      a tortuous road up the mountain

      winding roads are full of surprises

      had to steer the car down a twisty track

    • of a path e.g.; meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a)

      meandering streams

      rambling forest paths

      the river followed its wandering course

      a winding country road

      n.

    • air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; air current, current of air

      trees bent under the fierce winds

      when there is no wind, row

      the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere

    • a tendency or force that influences events

      the winds of change

    • breath

      the collision knocked the wind out of him

    • empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; idle words, jazz, nothingness

      that's a lot of wind

      don't give me any of that jazz

    • an indication of potential opportunity; tip, lead, steer, confidential information, hint

      he got a tip on the stock market

      a good lead for a job

    • a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath; wind instrument
    • a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus; fart, farting, flatus, breaking wind
    • the act of winding or twisting; winding, twist

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

      v.

    • to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; weave, thread, meander, wander

      the river winds through the hills

      the path meanders through the vineyards

      sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body

    • extend in curves and turns; twist, curve

      The road winds around the lake

      the path twisted through the forest

    • wrap or coil around; wrap, roll, twine

      roll your hair around your finger

      Twine the thread around the spool

    • catch the scent of; get wind of; scent, nose

      The dog nosed out the drugs

    • coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; wind up

      wind your watch

    • form into a wreath; wreathe
    • raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; hoist, lift

      hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    windings
    syn.: meandering(a) rambling tortuous twist twisting twisty voluminous wandering(a) wind    winds|winded|winding|wound
    syn.: air bend breath breeze coil draft gust pivot respiration roll spiral swivel turn twist
    ant.: unwind