WINNING

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning address. "Each mild and winning note." Keble.

2.
n.

The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.

3.
n.

The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural. Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. Chaucer.

4.
n.

A new opening.

5.
n.

The portion of a coal field out for working. Winning headway (Mining), an excavation for exploration, in post-and-stall working. -- Winning post, the post, or goal, at the end of a race.


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