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Spin-dry for Dummies

verb

pronunciation: spɪn_draɪ

What does Spin-dry really mean?

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Hey there! So, let's talk about the term "spin-dry." Have you ever wondered how you can quickly dry your clothes after washing them? Well, that's where spin-drying comes in! When we wash clothes, they usually come out of the washing machine soaking wet, right? So, to get rid of all that excess water, we put the clothes in the spin-dryer.

Now, what happens when we spin-dry our clothes is quite interesting. Imagine you have a toy car and you spin it really fast in a circle. What happens? It flings away from the center, right? Well, in the spin-dryer, there's a drum or a big container that spins super fast, just like you spinning that toy car. The wet clothes get thrown against the sides of the drum because of this spinning motion. And as they're pressed against the sides, the water is forced out of the clothes due to the centrifugal force.

Think of it like when you swing a bucket full of water around in a circle. The water gets pushed out, doesn't it? Just like that, the water in the clothes gets squeezed out, and it goes down a drain or out into a separate compartment in the spin-dryer. And voila! After the spin-drying cycle, your clothes come out much drier than before, making it easier and quicker for them to dry completely.

Now, spin-drying doesn't just apply to washing machines. There are some appliances called spin-dryers that only have the spinning function without the washing part. They are used specifically to dry clothes quickly, kind of like a superhero for drying your laundry in a flash!

So, to sum it up, spin-dry means using the spinning action in a washing machine or spin-dryer to remove excess water from clothes, making them much drier and easier to dry completely. It's like the superpower that helps your clothes dry faster and saves you from hanging wet laundry for hours. Pretty cool, huh?

Revised and Fact checked by William Rodriguez on 2023-10-28 19:33:37

Spin-dry In a sentece

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  • After washing clothes in the washing machine, we can put them in the spin-dry feature so that they come out almost dry and we can hang them to completely dry.
  • When we wash lettuce and want to remove most of the water before making a salad, we can put it in a spin-dry device to dry it quickly.
  • If you spill water on the floor, you can use a spin-dry mop to absorb the water and leave the floor dry.
  • When we go to a water park and get wet while playing, we can use the spin-dry machines available there to remove most of the water from our clothes.
  • After coming out of the swimming pool, some people use spin-dry towels that quickly absorb the water from their bodies.

Spin-dry Hypernyms

Words that are more generic than the original word.