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Definition of Spin
1. Verb. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. "These balls spin easily"; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
Generic synonyms: Go Around, Revolve, Rotate
Specialized synonyms: Whirligig
Derivative terms: Gyration, Gyration, Spinner, Whirl, Whirl, Whirler, Whirler
2. Noun. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
Specialized synonyms: Backspin, English, Side, Topspin
3. Verb. Stream in jets, of liquids. "The creek spun its course through the woods"
4. Noun. The act of rotating rapidly. "It broke off after much twisting"
Generic synonyms: Rotary Motion, Rotation
Specialized synonyms: Pirouette, Birling, Logrolling
Derivative terms: Twirl, Twirl, Twist, Twist, Whirl, Whirl
5. Verb. Cause to spin. "The girls spin the wooden sticks"; "Spin a coin"
Generic synonyms: Circumvolve, Rotate
Derivative terms: Spinner, Twirl, Twirler, Whirl, Whirl
6. Noun. A short drive in a car. "He took the new car for a spin"
7. Verb. Make up a story. "Spin a yarn"
8. Noun. Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
9. Verb. Form a web by making a thread. "Spiders spin a fine web"
10. Noun. A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion). "The campaign put a favorable spin on the story"
11. Verb. Work natural fibers into a thread. "Spin silk"
12. 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"
13. Verb. Prolong or extend. "Spin out a visit"
Definition of Spin
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
Definition of Spin
1. Verb. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. ¹
3. Verb. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance. ¹
4. Verb. (context: cricket of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch. ¹
5. Verb. (context: cricket of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing. ¹
6. Verb. (context: cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar ¹
7. Noun. Circular motion. ¹
8. Noun. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. ¹
9. Noun. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. ¹
10. Noun. (cricket) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces. ¹
11. Noun. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion. ¹
12. Noun. A brief trip by vehicle. ¹
13. Adjective. (cricket) Describing a spin bowler, or his style of bowling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spin
1. to draw out and twist into threads [v SPUN, SPINNING, SPINS]
Medical Definition of Spin
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1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fibre; 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.
4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
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.
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