- tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding - 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"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- meandering, rambling, wandering, winding - of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
Antonym: direct (indirect, via indirect)
- wind, winding, twist - the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
--1 is a kind of rotation, rotary motion
- weave, wind, thread, meander, wander - to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- wind, curve - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- wind, wrap, roll, twine - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Antonyms: unwind, wind off, unroll
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun winder3, noun winder1
They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick
- scent, nose, wind - catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
--4 is one way to smell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- wind, wind up - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
--5 is one way to tighten, fasten
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun wind8, noun winder1, noun winder2
Somebody ----s something
- wreathe, wind - form into a wreath
--6 is one way to intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
--7 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP