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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.
mill
Noun
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A mill is a place where things are processed with machines.
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#A mill is a place where grain is ground to make flour.
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#:There was an old mill by the farm.
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#A mill is a factory or place for (making) things.
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#:My grandfather worked for many years at a steel mill.
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#:General Mills is large company the makes cereal.
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A mill is a small machine for grinding.
We have a hand held pepper mill at home.
mill
Verb
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If you mill grain, you grind it at a mill.
You must dry and mill the corn before you can make bread with it.