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Meaning of snug down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To secure a ship or equipment on a ship, such as in preparation for a storm.

transitive

Examples

“Quickly snug everything down before the storm gets here.”
“"What is the use of running off-shore?" I said to Margaret, when the kites were snugged down and all yards trimmed on the wind. "Three hundred and fifty miles off the land is as good as thirty-five hundred so far as starvation is concerned."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

snugged snugged down snugging snugging down snuggle snuggle up

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