The bus ran on the long and winding road.
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Winding
//ˈwɪndɪŋ//
Synonyms for "winding" (114 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (57)
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2 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- извиващ adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- лъкатушен adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- витка noun (act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing)
- намотка noun (something wound around another thing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 曲折 adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Finnish
4 entries- hengästyttävä adj (causing one to be breathless or out of breath)
- kiemurteleva adj (moving in a sinuous or twisting manner)
- kiemurteleva adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- mutkikas adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
French
2 entries- sinueux adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- tortueux adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
German
4 entries- biegend adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- gewunden adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- schlängelnd adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- Wicklung noun (act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing)
Hawaiian
1 entries- piʻopiʻo adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Hungarian
1 entries- kanyargós adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Italian
1 entries- avvolgimento noun (length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer)
Japanese
1 entries- 曲がりくねっている adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Latin
3 entries- sinuōsus adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- tortilis adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- tortus adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Macedonian
4 entries- кри́вулест adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- ду́вање noun (act of blowing air through a wind instrument or a horn to make a sound)
- мо́тање noun (act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing)
- на́мотка noun (something wound around another thing)
Māori
2 entries- kōpikopiko adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- pikopiko adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- svingete adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- omdreining noun (act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing)
- omdreining noun (curving, sinuous, or twisting movement)
- omdreining noun (curving, sinuous, or twisting form)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- svingete adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Occitan
3 entries- bestòrt adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- sinuós adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- tòrt adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Persian
1 entries- پیچاپیچ adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- kromm adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Portuguese
4 entries- sinuoso adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- tortuoso adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- bobina noun (length of wire wound around the armature of an electric motor or the core of an electrical transformer)
- enrolada noun (something wound around another thing)
Russian
4 entries- вью́щийся adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- изви́листый adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- петля́ющий adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
- мо́тка noun (act of twisting something, or coiling or wrapping something around another thing)
Samoan
1 entries- piʻopiʻo adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- lùbach adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Tagalog
1 entries- liko-liko adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Yoruba
1 entries- kọ́lọkọ̀lọ adj (sinuous, turning, or twisting in form)
Sample sentences
56 total sentences available.
I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
Source: tatoeba (54102)
Life is a long and winding road.
Source: tatoeba (270590)
We walked down a narrow and winding path.
Source: tatoeba (681700)
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