winding
Pronunciation: ['waindiŋ]
Average Rank: 14960
Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICTn. 绕, 卷, 弯曲, 线圈 a. 蜿蜒的, 卷绕的, 弯曲的
Detailed Explanations:
- n the act of winding or twisting
- v to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- v extend in curves and turns
- v arrange or or coil around
- v catch the scent of; get wind of
- v coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- v form into a wreath
- v raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- s marked by repeated turns and bends
- s of a path e.g.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty:
ADVANCED
Exam Tags:
cet6
gre
Word Forms:
0:
wind
1:
i
Present Participle:
winding
Plural:
windings
Word Frequency Rankings
Project Gutenberg
#4881Classical and literary usage
Percentile: 51.2%
(Top 51.2% most frequent)
Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus