Synonyms for winding
ˈwaɪn dɪŋwind·ing

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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, 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, 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. Gavin Newsom:

   We're just winding up. I'm really motivated and excited.

2. Wolf Blitzer:

   I thought it was going to be a relatively quiet beat. The Cold War was winding down.

3. Rockland County Executive Ed Day:

   While the pandemic is winding down, its impact is still being felt, many of you may be too young to remember polio, but when I was growing up, this disease struck fear in families, including my own.

4. William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene 1:

   He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

5. 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: