the act of a person or thing that winds.

a bend, turn, or flexure.

a coiling, folding, or wrapping, as of one thing about another.

something that is wound or coiled, or a single round of it.

Electricity .

a symmetrically laid, electrically conducting current path in any device.

the manner of such coiling

a series winding.

bending or turning; sinuous.

spiral, as stairs.

adjective

straight , unbent

adjective

ambiguous , anfractuous , circuitous , convoluted , crooked , curving , devious , flexuous , gyrating , indirect , intricate , involved , labyrinthine , mazy , meandering , roundabout , serpentine , sinuous , snaky , spiraling , tortuous , twisting , wriggly , zigzag , meandrous , bending , contorted , deviating , flexible , labyrinthian , rambling , sinuate , spiral , turning , twisted