winding

sinueux, tortueux

Qui présente beaucoup de courbes ou de tournants au lieu d'être droit.

En anglais simple : Having many curves or turns rather than being straight.

• We drove along a winding road.
• A narrow, winding path leads to the lake.
• They climbed the winding staircase to the tower.

Synonymes : curving, twisting, sinuous

Contraires : straight

Expressions courantes : a winding road, a winding path, a winding staircase

serpentant, sinueux

Qui avance en suivant un parcours avec beaucoup de courbes ou de tournants.

En anglais simple : Moving along a course with many curves or turns.

• The snake advanced with a winding motion.
• The water followed a winding course through the fields.
• Her winding movements carried her across the dance floor.

Synonymes : twisting, sinuous, serpentine

Expressions courantes : winding movement, a winding course, winding motion

en colimaçon, hélicoïdal

Qui tourne autour d'un axe en montant ou en descendant.

En anglais simple : Curving around a central point as it goes up or down.

• A winding staircase leads upstairs.
• We climbed the winding stairs inside the tower.
• The winding stone steps made me feel dizzy.

Synonymes : spiral, helical

Expressions courantes : winding staircase, winding stairs, winding stone steps

qui coupe le souffle

Qui rend la respiration difficile, notamment à cause d'un effort ou d'un coup reçu.

En anglais simple : Making it difficult for you to breathe, especially through effort or a blow to the body.

• He received a winding blow to the stomach.
• A winding kick left her gasping for air.
• She recovered slowly from the winding punch.

Expressions courantes : a winding blow, a winding kick, a winding punch

enroulement, bobinage

Action de rouler quelque chose sur lui-même ou autour d'un autre objet.

En anglais simple : The action of turning or wrapping something around itself or another object.

• The winding of the thread took an hour.
• Loose winding can leave gaps between the coils.
• This machine makes cable winding much faster.

Comment l'utiliser : the winding of something around something (The machine controls the winding of wire around the reel.)

Synonymes : coiling, wrapping

Contraires : unwinding

Expressions courantes : winding of wire, thread winding, coil winding

méandre, sinuosité

Courbe, tournant ou succession de plis dans la forme de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A curve, bend, or series of twists in the shape of something.

• The road's windings were easy to see from above.
• We traced each winding of the river on the map.
• A cottage stood beyond the last winding of the lane.

Comment l'utiliser : the windings of something (The map shows all the windings of the river.)

Synonymes : bend, curve, twist

Expressions courantes : winding of a river, every winding, a narrow winding

remontage

Action de tourner une clé ou une poignée pour tendre le ressort qui fait fonctionner une horloge ou une machine.

En anglais simple : Turning a key or handle to tighten a spring so a clock or machine can work.

• This clock needs daily winding.
• Too much winding can damage the spring.
• The watch stopped because I forgot its morning winding.

Comment l'utiliser : the winding up of something (The winding up of the clock takes only a few seconds.)

Contraires : unwinding

Expressions courantes : daily winding, manual winding, winding up

serpentement, mouvement sinueux

Mouvement qui suit des courbes ou change plusieurs fois de direction.

En anglais simple : A movement that follows curves or changes direction repeatedly.

• The dance began with a slow winding of the body.
• We watched the snake's winding through the grass.
• The stream's winding carried the leaf past several bends.

Comment l'utiliser : the winding of something through something (We watched the winding of the snake through the grass.)

Synonymes : twisting, turning

Expressions courantes : a slow winding, winding of a snake, winding through something