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Bight
verb · 78% connection
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Bought
noun · 78% connection
A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Clue
noun · 78% connection
A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Coil
verb · 78% connection
To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Fake
noun · 78% connection
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Hank
noun · 78% connection
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Helix
noun · 78% connection
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Kink
noun · 78% connection
A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Knot
noun · 78% connection
A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Line
noun · 78% connection
A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Loop
noun · 78% connection
A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hook…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Luff
verb · 78% connection
To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the win…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Rope
verb · 78% connection
To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Round
preposition · 78% connection
On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Rounding
noun · 78% connection
Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
Shuttle
noun · 78% connection
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: twirl, turn, wind, round, coil.
