Category:Winning

Win"ning, a.

Defn: attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning Address. "each mild and winning note." Keble.

Winning Win"ning, n.

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

2. 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.

3. (mining) (a) a new opening. (b) 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.