Spin

/spɪn/ · verb

Meaning

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction..

Definitions by Sense

1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
2. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
3. (figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
4. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
5. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
6. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
7. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) 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.
8. 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.

Example Sentences

I spun myself around a few times.

Spin the ball on the floor.

She spun around and gave him a big smile.

Round about him spun the landscape, / Sky and forest reeled together, / And his strong heart leaped within him, / As the sturgeon leaps and struggles / In a net to break its meshes.

"Shall we spin for it?" "Might as well." "All right. Here goes. Heads you first and I second. Tails, vice versa." Bill nodded. The coin spun in the air. Jimmy bent to look at it.

They spin the cotton into thread.

Along the Sunny Bank, or Wat’ry Mead, / Ten thouſand Stalks their various Bloſſoms ſpread : / Peaceful and lowly in their native Soil, / They neither know to ſpin, nor care to toil ; / Yet with confeſs’d Magnificence deride / Our vile Attire, and Impotence of Pride.

I started out by spinning a full bobbin of natural white cotton in the normal Z-spun direction.

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Word Forms

• spins
• spinning
• spun
• span
• spinned
• SpIn

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