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Spin Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Spin? [n] rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral spin [n] the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [n] a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) [v] prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" [v] narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [v] work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" [v] form a web by making a thread, as of spiders [v] make up a story, as in"spin a yarn" [v] revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [v] cause to spin; "spin a coin" [v] stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Spin: birl \| gyrate \| narrate \| recite \| recount \| reel \| spin around \| spin out \| tailspin \| tell \| twirl \| twirl \| twist \| twisting \| whirl \| whirl Related Terms \| Find terms related to Spin: See Also \| acrobatics \| aerobatics \| backspin \| birling \| centrifugate \| centrifuge \| circumvolve \| cook up \| create from raw material \| create from raw stuff \| distort \| draw out \| English \| extend \| extrude \| fabricate \| go around \| gyration \| inform \| invent \| logrolling \| make up \| manufacture \| pirouette \| prolong \| protract \| relate \| revolution \| revolve \| rhapsodise \| rhapsodize \| rotate \| rotation \| rotation \| side \| squeeze out \| stream \| stunt flying \| stunting \| topspin \| twine \| twist \| well out \| whirligig \| yarn Spin In Webster's Dictionary \Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.] 1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. 2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. 5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. 6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. {To spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale. {To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. {To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.] \Spin\, v. i. 1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. They neither know to spin, nor care to toll. --Prior. 2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together. --Longfellow. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. 3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --Shak. 4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.] \Spin\, n. 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [Colloq.] 2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.

Spin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spin?

[n] rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral spin
[n] the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
[n] a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
[v] prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
[v] narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
[v] work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
[v] form a web by making a thread, as of spiders
[v] make up a story, as in"spin a yarn"
[v] revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[v] cause to spin; "spin a coin"
[v] stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"

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Spin In Webster's Dictionary

\Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G.
spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and
probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.]
1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or
   machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin
   goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a
   fibrous material.

         All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence
         did but fill Ithaca full of moths.    --Shak.

2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by
   degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to
   spin out large volumes on a subject.

         Do you mean that story is tediously spun out?
                                               --Sheridan.

3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day
   in idleness.

         By one delay after another they spin out their whole
         lives.                                --L'Estrange.

4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to
   spin a top.

5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads
   produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid,
   which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said
   of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow
   form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it
   with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal
   revolves, as in a lathe.

{To spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or
   fabulous tale.

{To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient
   carriage on an expedition.

{To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.]


\Spin\, v. i.
1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting
   threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman
   knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great
   exactness.

         They neither know to spin, nor care to toll.
                                               --Prior.

2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a
   spindle, about its axis.

         Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest
         reeled together.                      --Longfellow.

         With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
         about each head.                      --G. W. Cable.

3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet;
   as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --Shak.

4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage,
   on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.]


\Spin\, n.
1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a
   bicycle. [Colloq.]

2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified
   axis.

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