winding

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndɪŋ/
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• rhymes with -ɪndɪŋ
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/
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The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)”), from winden, wynden (“to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb. The English word is analysable as wind (“to blow air through (a wind instrument or horn) to make a sound; to cause (someone) to become breathless; to winnow (food grain), etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).

The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge (“directional change, curve, turn; bend of the leg at the knee; meandering course of a river; act of turning and twisting; twisting of things (especially thread) together; wrapping of a cloth around something; wattling of a structure; wattle(s); ornamentation with interwoven patterns; hoisting of something”) [and other forms], and then partly: * from winden, wynden (“to go, move; to move forcefully or suddenly; to direct, guide, lead; to go along a meandering or twisting course; to move in a circular pattern, revolve, turn; to move restlessly, toss and turn; to wriggle free; to move with a turning or twisting motion, bend, turn, twist; to form or mould (something) in one’s hands; to mix together; to cover; to clothe, dress; to wrap (a baby, a corpse, etc.); to encircle, surround; to bind; to interlace; to winch; (figurative) to conceal, disguise; to embroil, involve”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs).; and * from Old English windung (“woven object”), from windan (“to twist, wind; to circle, curl, eddy, spiral”) (from Proto-Germanic *windaną (“to wind; to wrap”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendh- (“to turn; to wind”)) + -ung (suffix forming nouns denoting a verbal action or something involved in a verbal action). The adjective is derived from the verb. The English word is analysable as wind (“to turn coils of (a cord, etc.) around something; to encircle, enfold, entwist, wrap; to travel in a way that is not straight”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).

Borrowed from Danish Winding.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: hengästyttävä — causing one to be breathless or out of breath
• Finnish: puhallettava — of a horn or wind instrument: blown to make a sound
• Finnish: kiemurteleva — moving in a sinuous or twisting manner
• Bulgarian: извиващ (izvivašt) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Bulgarian: лъкатушен (lǎkatušen) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Chinese Mandarin: 曲折 (qūzhé) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Finnish: kiemurteleva — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Finnish: mutkikas — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Finnish: mutkitteleva — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• French: sinueux — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• French: tortueux — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• German: biegend — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• German: gewunden — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• German: schlängelnd — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Hawaiian: piʻopiʻo — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Hungarian: kanyargós — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Japanese: 曲がりくねっている (magarikunette iru) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Latin: sinuōsus — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Latin: tortilis — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Latin: tortus — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Macedonian: кри́вулест (krívulest) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Māori: pikopiko — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Māori: kōpikopiko — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Norwegian Bokmål: svingete — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svingete — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Occitan: bestòrt — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Occitan: sinuós — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Occitan: tòrt — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Persian: پیچاپیچ (pičâpič) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Plautdietsch: kromm — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Portuguese: sinuoso — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Portuguese: tortuoso — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Russian: изви́листый (izvílistyj) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Russian: петля́ющий (petljájuščij) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Russian: вью́щийся (vʹjúščijsja) — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Samoan: piʻopiʻo — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Tagalog: liko-liko — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Yoruba: kọ́lọkọ̀lọ — sinuous, turning, or twisting in form
• Finnish: puhallus — act of blowing air through a wind instrument or a horn to make a sound
• Macedonian: ду́вање (dúvanje) — act of blowing air through a wind instrument or a horn to make a sound
• Bulgarian: витка (vitka) — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Finnish: käämintä — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Finnish: kelaus — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Finnish: kiertäminen — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• German: Wicklung — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Macedonian: мо́тање (mótanje) — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: vikling — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: omdreining — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Russian: мо́тка (mótka) — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Russian: нама́тывание (namátyvanije) — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Russian: намо́тка (namótka) — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Russian: обмо́тка (obmótka) — act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing
• Finnish: kiemurtelu — curving, sinuous, or twisting movement
• Finnish: kaartelu — curving, sinuous, or twisting movement
• Norwegian Bokmål: omdreining — curving, sinuous, or twisting movement
• Finnish: kiemura — curving, sinuous, or twisting form
• Norwegian Bokmål: omdreining — curving, sinuous, or twisting form
• Finnish: vetäminen — act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism
• Norwegian Bokmål: omdreining — act of tightening the spring of a clockwork or other mechanism
• Finnish: käänne — twists and turns in an occurrence, in thinking, or some other thing
• Finnish: kääntäminen tuuleen — act or process of turning a boat or ship in a certain direction
• Bulgarian: намотка (namotka) — something wound around another thing
• Finnish: käämi — something wound around another thing
• Finnish: kela — something wound around another thing
• German: Wicklung — something wound around another thing
• Macedonian: на́мотка (námotka) — something wound around another thing
• Portuguese: enrolado — something wound around another thing
• Portuguese: enrolada — something wound around another thing
• Russian: обмо́тка (obmótka) — something wound around another thing
• Bulgarian: намотка (namotka) — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Finnish: käämi — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Finnish: käämitys — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• German: Wicklung — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Indonesian: belitan — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Italian: avvolgimento — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Macedonian: на́мотка (námotka) — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Portuguese: bobina — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Portuguese: enrolamento — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer
• Russian: обмо́тка (obmótka) — length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer