winding

1. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
2. To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.

   The boxer was winded during round two.

3. To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4. To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
5. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
6. To perceive or follow by scent.

   The hounds winded the game.

7. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
8. To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

1. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

   to wind thread on a spool or into a ball

2. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

   Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

3. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
4. To travel in a way that is not straight.

   Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.

5. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
6. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
7. To cover or surround with something coiled about.

   to wind a rope with twine

8. To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
9. To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

1. Something wound around something else.
2. The manner in which something is wound.
3. One complete turn of something wound.
4. (especially in the plural) Curving or bending movement, twists and turns.
5. A length of wire wound around the core of an electrical transformer.
6. (bowmaking) Lapping.

1. Twisting, turning or sinuous.
2. Spiral or helical.

1. To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
2. To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.

   The boxer was winded during round two.

3. To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
4. To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
5. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
6. To perceive or follow by scent.

   The hounds winded the game.

7. To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
8. To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.

1. To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.

   to wind thread on a spool or into a ball

2. To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.

   Please wind that old-fashioned alarm clock.

3. To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
4. To travel in a way that is not straight.

   Vines wind round a pole.  The river winds through the plain.

5. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
6. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
7. To cover or surround with something coiled about.

   to wind a rope with twine

8. To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
9. To turn (a ship) around, end for end.

noun

The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around).