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wind
Verb
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If you wind something you wrap it around and make it tight.
You need to wind the string around the stick.
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If you wind a clock or watch you tighten a spring inside it. This is done by turning knob. The spring powers the clock or watch as it unwinds (stops being tight).
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If something winds it twists around in different directions.
The road winds for miles.
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If something winds down, it runs out of power and gets slower. (Like a watch that is unwinding.)
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How something winds up is how it becomes in the end or after something happens.
I wound up lost after I made the wrong turn.
river
Noun
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A channel of water.
We go swimming in the river.
The river bends there.
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A lot of something.
He won a river of votes.
range
Noun
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A range of mathX/math is a number of different kinds of mathX/maths
We offer you a whole range of clothes, from socks to hats.
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The range is area between an upper and lower limit.
Most accidents affect children in the seven to 10 age range.
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Something's range is the distance that it can travel.
The company's newest airplane has a range of 10,556km.
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In statistics, the range of results is highest result minus the lowest result.
The test results in the study had a range of 63; the highest was 100 and the lowest 37.
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A (mountain) range is a group of mountains.
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A shooting range is a place to practice using a gun.
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A range is a large grassy area for farm animals to walk about freely.
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A range is a large stove for cooking.
range
Verb
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If something ranges from mathX/math to mathY/math, it includes a number of different things and mathX/math and mathY/math are different examples of those.
The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun.
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If something ranges around an area, it moves around it.