Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely
   {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS.
   windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
   Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
   {Wander}, {Wend}.]
   1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
      turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
      about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
      as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.

            Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.

            Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.  --Shak.

   3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
      pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
      govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak.

            In his terms so he would him wind.    --Chaucer.

            Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind
            all other witnesses.                  --Herrick.

            Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
            wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
                                                  --Addison.

   4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.

            You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a
            power tyrannical.                     --Shak.

            Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
            such things into discourse.           --Gov. of
                                                  Tongue.

   5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
      wind a rope with twine.

   {To wind off}, to unwind; to uncoil.

   {To wind out}, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.

   {To wind up}.
      (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
          thread; to coil completely.
      (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
          one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
      (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
          clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
          which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
          continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
          ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.''
          --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a
          pitch.'' --Atterbury.
      (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
          as to tune it. ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy
          lute.'' --Waller.

Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in
   sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
   {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.]
   To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
   and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their
   horns.'' --Pennant.

         Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
         . . Wind the shrill horn.                --Pope.

         That blast was winded by the king.       --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Winding}.]
   1. To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.

   2. To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as,
      the hounds winded the game.

   3.
      (a) To drive hard, or force to violent exertion, as a
          horse, so as to render scant of wind; to put out of
          breath.
      (b) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to
          be recovered; to breathe.

   {To wind a ship} (Naut.), to turn it end for end, so that the
      wind strikes it on the opposite side.

Winding \Wind"ing\, n. [From {Wind} to blow.] (Naut.)
   A call by the boatswain's whistle.

Winding \Wind"ing\, a. [From {Wind} to twist.]
   Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
   --Keble.

Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
   A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the
   windings of a road or stream.

         To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With
         ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. --Milton.

Winding \Wind"ing\, n.
   The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about
   anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as
   (Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil,
   the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a
   continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a
   character that the armature current is divided, a portion of
   the current being led around the field-magnet coils.

Source : WordNet®

winding
     adj 1: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the
            mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had
            to steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: {tortuous},
             {twisting}, {twisty}]
     2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
        paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a
        winding country road" [syn: {meandering(a)}, {rambling}, {wandering(a)}]

winding
     n : the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
         clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: {wind}, {twist}]