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SeroMack Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
What does it mean "to wind up tight" ?
As in the sentence: "The whirlwind now wound up tight and disappeared into itself"
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Hi, Roughly speaking, 'wind up' means 'wrap around and around itself'. eg Tom wound up the string . The string can be wrapped loosely or tightly.
- Hi, Roughly speaking, 'wind up' means 'wrap around and around itself'.
- eg Tom wound up the string .
- The string can be wrapped loosely or tightly.
- It's a poetic way of describing how the whirlwind got smaller and smaller, and finally vanished.
- Clive
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Hi,
Roughly speaking, 'wind up' means 'wrap around and around itself'. eg Tom wound up the string. The string can be wrapped loosely or tightly.
It's a poetic way of describing how the whirlwind got smaller and smaller, and finally vanished.
Clive
Roughly speaking, 'wind up' means 'wrap around and around itself'. eg Tom wound up the string. The string can be wrapped loosely or tightly.
It's a poetic way of describing how the whirlwind got smaller and smaller, and finally vanished.
Clive
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