Synonyms for winding
ˈwaɪn dɪŋwinding

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1. wind, winding, twistadjective

   the act of winding or twisting

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

   Synonyms:
   spin, hint, turn, flatus, farting, wind, nothingness, idle words, confidential information, lead, whirl, kink, breaking wind, bend, braid, wind instrument, wrench, crook, turn of events, tress, pull, winding, plait, steer, fart, malarky, construction, malarkey, jazz, current of air, air current, device, gimmick, twisting, twirl, twist, tip, eddy

   Antonyms:
   straight, direct

2. tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminousadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   tangled, tortuous, winding, convoluted, voluminous, copious, rambling, meandering(a), twisty, twisting, involved, knotty, wandering(a)

   Antonyms:
   direct, straight

3. meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), windingadjective

   of a path e.g.

   "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"

   Antonyms:
   direct, straight

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1. windingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flexure, turning, meandering, twisting, twist, convolution, contortion, sinuosity, curvature, tortuosity, bend, crook, kink, crookedness

2. windingadjective

   Synonyms:
   flexuous, sinuous, meandering, serpentine

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1. windingadjective

   Synonyms:
   circuitous, labyrinthian, meandering, spiral, serpentine, tortuous, deviating

2. windingnoun

   Synonyms:
   convolution, labyrinth, detour, meander, meandering, crook, bend, curve, angle, sinuation, contortion

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1. List of paraphrases for "winding":

   coil, braiding

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1. Havelock Ellis:

   The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps.

2. Marv Albert:

   With tonight's game winding down, I'm thinking' Well, this is it. My last broadcast.' And all that's going through my mind is I have been so fortunate to be doing this for 55 years. Doing what I love, having a front-row seat for so many of the iconic moments of sports history.

3. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Many old timers spoke of 'winding-up' a Model 'T' Ford to get it started: In the same time period, watchmakers had perfected time-pieces which required 'winding-up' only once in every eight days:

4. President Donald Trump:

   I thought we could wind it down sooner. But I had no idea how popular The Task Force is until, actually, yesterday when I started talking about winding it down, i get calls from very respected people saying,' I think it would be better to keep it going, it's done such a good job.'.

5. Jonathan Tudor:

   Winding the clock forward 10-12 years, if consumer behavior stays the same we will see thousands of people arriving home and wanting to charge up their cars at the time that is already peak demand for most countries.