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1. Marked by repeated turns and bends
   "winding roads are full of surprises"
   - tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous
    
2. Of a path e.g.
   "a winding country road"
   - meandering, rambling, wandering

1. The act of winding or twisting
   - wind[2], twist

1. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
   "the river winds through the hills"
   - weave, thread, meander, wander
    
2. Arrange or coil around
   - wrap, roll, twine
    
3. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
   "wind your watch"
   - wind up
    
4. Form into a wreath
   - wreathe
    
5. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
   - hoist, lift

1. Catch the scent of; get wind of
   - scent, nose
    
2. Extend in curves and turns
   - twist, curve

Derived forms: windings

See also: crooked, indirect, winder

Type of: be, bring up, displace, elevate, enlace, entwine, fasten, get up, go, interlace, intertwine, lace, lift, locomote, move, raise, rotary motion, rotation, smell, tighten, travel, twine

Antonym: unwind

Encyclopedia: Wind Wind, Sand and Stars