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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.
drum
Noun
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A drum is a musical instrument with a skin that you hit to make music.
My cousin plays drums.
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A drum is kind of big barrel.
They were keeping garbage in an old oil drum.
drum
Verb
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If you are drumming you are making music with a drum or drums.
I saw him drumming with the band.
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If you are drumming, you are hitting or tapping something like it was a drum.
Sometimes I drum on my desk with my fingers.
Sometimes I drum my fingers on my desk. (same meaning as above)