winding
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of winding or twisting
he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind
Types & categories
- rotation hypernym
Related & opposite
- wind up derivation
Sense 2 adjective
marked by repeated turns and bends
a tortuous road up the mountain
Related & opposite
- tortuousness derivation
- crooked similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of a path e.g.
meandering streams
Related & opposite
- indirect similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wind up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tortuousness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | crooked |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | indirect |