(n.) One who, or that which, winds; hence, a creeping or winding plant.
(n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like.
(n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer.
(v. t. & i.) To fan; to clean grain with a fan.
(n.) A blow taking away the breath.
(v. i.) To wither; to fail.
Example Sentences:
(1) The author and journalist Robert Winder detailed in his book Bloody Foreigners how Charles Dickens, in creating the character of Fagin for Oliver Twist , refashioned a real social problem.
(2) Darren Winder, an economist at Cazenove, is gloomy.
(3) Students scrambled “like ants, people screaming, ‘Get out!’” Winder said.
(4) It’s about making sure there are more books available that people will feel they are entitled to pick up and browse,” said Simon Winder, publishing director of Penguin Classics.
(5) | Robert Winder Read more Which brings us to housing.
(6) Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian Winner : Newcastle University Runner-up : University of Reading Runner-up : University of Bradford Social and community impact Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dr Belinda Winder and Lynn Saunders from Nottingham Trent University with Paul Sinha and their social and community impact award for The Safer Living Foundation.
(7) Next door, students heard a loud thud and then a volley of gunfire, Brady Winder, 23, told the newspaper.
(8) These data, coupled with the inhibition of actomyosin ATPase by calponin (Winder, S. J., and Walsh, M. P. (1990) J. Biol.
(9) We have tested the hypothesis of Winder and Walsh [(1990) J. Biol.
(10) Winder also posted on Facebook: Hey everybody, I am safe.
(11) Corresponding preventive measures were proposed to lower the labour intensity of female electric coil winders.
(12) Simon Winder, publishing director at Penguin, called him an "utterly remarkable man".
(13) 279, 65-68] that calponin phosphorylation is not involved in smooth muscle regulation in vivo, as has been suggested from in vitro studies [Winder, S. J.
(14) A camera equipped with 50 mm macro-objective lens, with automatic flash and winder is attached to a motor-operated rotatable stand.
(15) Darren Winder at Cazenove said the key driver of the improvement was likely to have been a rebuilding in inventories, which fell to exceptionally low levels in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of this year as manufacturing firms cut production levels.
(16) "Do you think that I planned and plotted, or lost a wink of sleep, scheming to spend a considerable part of my life trying to identify hog-slappers, cheese-winders' clerks, or theatre fireman's night companions?"
(17) Histological study of lungs from horses with mild, moderate and severe chronic small airway disease consistently revealed a greater density of lesions in the diaphragmatic lobes (Winder and von Fellenberg, 1988).
(18) So there’s some Chinese and Japanese and Arabic writing in there, as well as different religious texts,” said Winder.
(19) It’s about the incredible importance of having books lying around, and getting away from the curriculum.” Winder said it had been a “crushing responsibility” to select the 100 titles Penguin is offering.
(20) The article contains a hygienic assessment of the working conditions of female coil winders engaged in high-powered electric engines' assembling.
Winner
Definition:
(n.) One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.
Example Sentences:
(1) Having been knocked out of the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup before Christmas, they lost an FA Cup fourth-round replay at West Brom on 1 February.
(2) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
(3) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
(4) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(5) He told FA.com: “In my opinion, we were worthy winners.
(6) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
(7) But it is as a winner of "best dressed" and "most inspiring" awards that she remains well-known.
(8) Their brutality seems to have been fairly even-handed, or if it wasn't, the men surely suffered enough not to be presented as the winners of the atrocity.
(9) Recent winners such as the Ravens, Giants, Packers and Steelers typically stayed away from free agents, and fans are catching on.
(10) I think if anyone was to explain it in those terms, the savings for the taxpayer, fewer potential victims, this I think would be a vote winner.
(11) The agency notes, too, that the Norwegian broadcaster NRK has form when it comes to announcing peace prize winners early, saying last year the EU had triumphed an hour before the official announcement.
(12) Uche, 31 and an African Nations Cup winner with Nigeria in 2013, has joined Tigres from Villarreal where he scored more than 30 goals in three seasons, having previously played for Recreativo Huelva, Getafe, Real Zaragoza and Granada.
(13) The winner will play either Roger Federer or Milos Raonic in Sunday’s final.
(14) The young woman is Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, then part of the new guard of dissidents and critics, now the president of Liberia.
(15) Results indicate that the effects of competitively structured environments differ for winners and nonwinners and for boys and girls.
(16) These differences in hormonal responses to the fight are attributed to the more aggressive behavior displayed by the victorious opponents (winners) over their defeated competitors (losers).
(17) When Thiago Alcântara was a kid, he had everything he needed at home – a ball, a table, some chairs and a World Cup winner.
(18) There would never be a meeting in a darkened room where a winner was chosen just to fit an audience demographic or to create more entertaining telly.
(19) Level on points with an Atlético Madrid side containing a young Fernando Torres on the final day, a Hugo Morales winner fired the island club, and Benítez, into the big time.
(20) It gave Liverpool a headache as they already had fixtures to rearrange thanks to the European Cup Winners' Cup campaign - plus a win would have put them top of the league, at least until Newcastle and Manchester United met later that day.