WINDING, participle present tense 1. Turning; binding about; bending. 2. adjective Bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface. WINDING, noun 1. A turn or turning; a bend; flexure; meander; as the windings of a road or stream. 2. A call by the boastswains whistle.
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