What is the meaning of winding?

noun

• The act of winding or twisting.
  • usage: "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
  • synonyms: wind, twist

verb

• To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course.
  • usage: "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
  • synonyms: weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
• Extend in curves and turns.
  • usage: "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"
  • synonyms: wind, twist, curve
• Arrange or or coil around.
  • usage: "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
  • synonyms: wind, wrap, roll, twine
• Catch the scent of; get wind of.
  • usage: "The dog nosed out the drugs"
  • synonyms: scent, nose, wind
• Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem.
  • usage: "wind your watch"
  • synonyms: wind, wind up
• Form into a wreath.
  • synonyms: wreathe, wind
• Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help.
  • usage: "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
  • synonyms: hoist, lift, wind

adjective

• Marked by repeated turns and bends.
  • usage: "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
  • synonyms: tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous
• Of a path e. G..
  • usage: "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
  • synonyms: meandering, rambling, wandering