to wind
- verb
- /waɪnd/
- To reach the summit, we had to wind our way up the steep trail.
- wind its way
- winding road
- winding trail
The vagus nerve, where it winds, what it touches and what that means.
- The vagus nerve, where it winds, what it touches and what that means.
- Sri Bhuvaneshwari At night our caravan winds back over gravel and clay.
Examples
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Right, because you have to wind your way around, yes.
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The path continued, but it wound here and there, and the end was not in sight.
Fiction book (1990) -
They had to wind it back up.
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And you'll know where I'm at and you can just wind around and then we'll go back home together.
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After a while, Greyhorse's enthusiasm began to wind down; he began to run dry of ideas.
Fiction book (1991) -
We found that the Egypt Meadow Trail winds through a mixed hardwood forest.
Academic text (2011) -
Josh himself then shrugged and began winding his way through the desks, moving toward me.
Fiction book (1990) -
The path winds gently through the forest, leading us to the clearing.
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As the river winds through the valley, it creates beautiful curves in the landscape.
Synonyms
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
To form into a curved or spiral shape
To move in a twisting or circular way
To move from side to side to avoid obstacles
To move in a curve around a center while rising or falling slowly
To move slowly along a curving path
To bend into a smooth, rounded shape
To move in a winding way through narrow or crowded places
To wind something into loops or move in a spiral
Antonyms
Idioms
- Specialized
Sailing with the boat pointed almost into the wind to go as directly toward it as possible
- Literature
A person who moves or behaves in a smooth, flexible way like a dancer
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
An area of land or sea with many tall machines that make electricity from wind
- Specialized
A large machine that moves air to test how it affects objects like cars or planes
- Specialized
A steady wind that blows east to west near the equator in tropical regions
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
- Specialized
A strong wind that blows when cold, heavy air flows down from high ground like a mountain or plateau
- US
A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and quickly raises temperature
- Specialized
A wind in the tropics that blows from west to east above the trade winds
A decorative thing of metal, glass or clay that hangs and makes a soft tinkling sound in wind
- US
A wildflower with thin stems and bright red cup-shaped flowers that grows in California
- Specialized
A number scale from zero to twelve used worldwide to show how strong the wind is
How Curvy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wind meaning to move in a curving path comes from the same old verb 'to turn' — picture a winding road that bends and twists, and you see why a river or road can wind through the land.