winning

winning
    adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
           [syn: {victorious}, {winning}]
    2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
       hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner";
       "a winning personality" [syn: {fetching}, {taking},
       {winning}]
    n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not
         everything"
    

Win \Win\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Won}, Obs. {Wan}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Winning}.] [OE. winnen, AS. winnan to strive, labor,
   fight, endure; akin to OFries. winna, OS. winnan, D. winnen
   to win, gain, G. gewinnen, OHG. winnan to strive, struggle,
   Icel. vinna to labor, suffer, win, Dan. vinde to win, Sw.
   vinna, Goth. winnan to suffer, Skr. van to wish, get, gain,
   conquer. [root]138. Cf. {Venerate}, {Winsome}, {Wish},
   {Wont}, a.]
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   1. To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to
      obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win
      the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to
      win a country. "This city for to win." --Chaucer. "Who
      thus shall Canaan win." --Milton.
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            Thy well-breathed horse
            Impels the flying car, and wins the course.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To allure to kindness; to bring to compliance; to gain or
      obtain, as by solicitation or courtship.
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            Thy virtue wan me; with virtue preserve me. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.
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            She is a woman; therefore to be won.  --Shak.
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   3. To gain over to one's side or party; to obtain the favor,
      friendship, or support of; to render friendly or
      approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.
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   4. To come to by toil or effort; to reach; to overtake.
      [Archaic]
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            Even in the porch he him did win.     --Spenser.
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            And when the stony path began,
            By which the naked peak they wan,
            Up flew the snowy ptarmigan.          --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   5. (Mining) To extract, as ore or coal. --Raymond.
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   Syn: To gain; get; procure; earn. See {Gain}.
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Winning \Win"ning\, a.
   Attracting; adapted to gain favor; charming; as, a winning
   address. "Each mild and winning note." --Keble.
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Winning \Win"ning\, n.
   1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by
      competition.
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   2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or
      contest, esp, in gambling; -- usually in the plural.
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            Ye seek land and sea for your winnings. --Chaucer.
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   3. (Mining)
      (a) A new opening.
      (b) The portion of a coal field out for working.
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   {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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167 Moby Thesaurus words for "winning":
      Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, acceptable, accession,
      acquirement, acquisition, addition, admirable, adorable, agreeable,
      alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, ascendancy, ascendant,
      attainment, attractive, authoritative, beguiling, bewitching,
      blandishing, cajoling, captivating, caressable, catching,
      championship, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither,
      coming by, conquering, conquest, consequential, coquettish,
      cuddlesome, defeating, delightful, desirable, dominant,
      dragging down, dulcet, earnings, easy victory, effective,
      effectual, efficacious, enchanting, engaging, enravishing,
      enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable, estimable, exciting,
      exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious,
      flushed with success, gaining, getting, getting hold of, glamorous,
      grand slam, heart-robbing, hypnotic, important, in ascendancy,
      in the ascendant, influential, interesting, intriguing, inviting,
      irresistible, kissable, knockout, landslide, landslide victory,
      likable, lovable, lovely, lovesome, luxurious, magnetic, making,
      mastery, mesmeric, momentous, moneygetting, moneygrubbing,
      moneymaking, moral victory, mouth-watering, obtainment, obtention,
      overcoming, personable, persuasive, picnic, piquant, pleasing,
      potent, powerful, prepossessing, prestigious, prevailing, procural,
      procurance, procuration, procurement, provocative, provoquant,
      pushover, ravishing, reputable, runaway victory, securement,
      seducing, seductive, sensuous, seraphic, siren, sirenic,
      spellbinding, spellful, strong, suasive, subdual, subduing,
      substantial, success, successful, sweet, taking, tantalizing,
      teasing, telling, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating,
      titillative, to be desired, toothsome, total victory, triumph,
      triumphal, triumphant, trover, unobjectionable, vanquishing,
      victorious, victory, voluptuous, walkaway, walkover, weighty, win,
      winning streak, winsome, witching, worth having