Spin
[spɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); 'the campaign put a favorable spin on the story'.
(noun.) a short drive in a car; 'he took the new car for a spin'.
(noun.) the act of rotating rapidly; 'he gave the crank a spin'; 'it broke off after much twisting'.
(noun.) a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
(verb.) prolong or extend; 'spin out a visit'.
(verb.) twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; 'The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing'.
(verb.) work natural fibers into a thread; 'spin silk'.
(verb.) form a web by making a thread; 'spiders spin a fine web'.
(verb.) make up a story; 'spin a yarn'.
(verb.) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; 'The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy'.
(verb.) stream in jets, of liquids; 'The creek spun its course through the woods'.
Typed by Carlyle--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
(v. t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
(v. i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
(v. i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
(n.) The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
(n.) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
Editor: Trudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Twist (into thread).[2]. Twirl, whirl.
Editor: Manuel
Definition
v.t. to draw out and twist into threads: to draw out a thread as spiders do: to draw out tediously: to cause to whirl rapidly: to fish with a swivel or spoon-bait: to reject at an examination.—v.i. to practise the art or trade of spinning to perform the act of spinning: to issue in a small or thread-like current: to whirl to go fast:—pr.p. spin′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. spun.—n. a rapid revolving motion a spurt at high speed.—ns. Spin′ner one who spins: (Shak.) a spider: a spinneret;
Typed by Floyd
Examples
- Bare logic, however important in arranging and criticizing existing subject matter, cannot spin new subject matter out of itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A man had to either spin or stay outside. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They make that long sharp end the bow, and you can imagine how these boiling currents spin it about. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You spin out your explanation as Moses spins out his sermons. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One person with one of Hargreaves' machines could in the same time spin as much as twenty or thirty persons with their wheels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We are beginning to spin along with that old suit at last, I promise you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Two men, Wyatt and Paul, of Birmingham, had earlier built a machine to spin stronger yarn than that usually used, but their machine had shown many defects, and they had abandoned its use. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He was, out of all sight (as I remember him), the nicest boy that ever spun a top or broke a window. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They spun on the left foot, and kept themselves going by passing the right rapidly before it and digging it against the waxed floor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Percolators of this type are made by the manufacturer from sheet copper spun in perfect shape, and also aluminum spun. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Simultaneously the little boat spun around and shot out toward the Gulf Stream like an agitated and very erratic rocket, flinging great sheets of spray high into the air as it sped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When I have spun the web they may take the flies, but not before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Prior to the invention of the _spinning-jenny_, the loose fibre was spun into yarns and thread by hand on the old-fashioned spinning wheel, each thread requiring the attention of one person. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- American hemp was used, this softer fiber being spun by hand long after Manila hemp was spun by machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This improvement put weaving ahead of spinning, and the weavers were continually calling on the spindlers for more weft yarns. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I judged him to be about my own age, but he was much taller, and he had a way of spinning himself about that was full of appearance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The spinning machine is simply an improved form of Crompton's mule, already described. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A modern step of importance in spinning was the _ring frame_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This odd little symbol spins gaily round the world; it seems incredible that men would have invented and made a pet of it twice over. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You spin out your explanation as Moses spins out his sermons. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It rows, it pumps, it excavates, it carries, it draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weaves, it prints. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- A German box--very pretty, but if it falls it always spins away as far as it can. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- One electric generator there is 11 feet 7 inches in diameter and spins around at the rate of 250 revolutions a minute. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Checker: Rhonda