"tightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The form has tightly twisted leaves.
- I checked the canister was tightly twisted on before pulling down my hood and tightening the toggle.
- When the rope is tightly twisted, each end is whipped (see below) and then cut between the whipping and the rod.
- This is a tightly twisted stiff rope, originally of rawhide or leather, now often of nylon, made with a small loop at one end called a "hondo."
- His dress was a white turban tightly twisted round a tall conical cap of red velvet, like the old Turkish headgear of our painters.
- Traditionally, in harps older than 50 years, the strings were made of cat gut tightly twisted.
- For example, when a soft, thick strand is plied against a tightly twisted thin strand, the resulting yarn spirals.
- The string was an inch-wide strip of nylon, cut in a spiral from one of Dinah's stockings, and tightly twisted.
- In (a) a thin strip of metal is tightly twisted to produce a hollow tube rather like a very thin drinking straw.
- Tapestry yarn or tapestry wool is a tightly twisted 4-ply yarn.
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