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Try this definition and imagine how it works for a wall of water.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writhing
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#1 30-Sep-2014, 10:43writhing
What is meant by this word: "It stood like a huge writhing wall between us and the horizon?"
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#2 30-Sep-2014, 12:14Re: writhing
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#3 03-Oct-2014, 23:04Re: writhing
It means
movinginatwistingorsnake-likefashion
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#4 04-Oct-2014, 00:39Re: writhing
Did you really find it written like that in a dictionary? There are no spaces between the words. Please edit your post so it's readable.
Originally Posted by Magdalena***
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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#6 04-Oct-2014, 18:04Re: writhing
The word writhing suggests motion to me. Walls don't move, so serpentine wall makes more sense to me.
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