Definitions of Spindle [ˈspɪn dl]

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Definition of 'Spindle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) spindle
a rounded rod, usu. of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.

2.  spindle
the rod on a spinning wheel by which the thread is twisted and on which it is wound.

3.  spindle
one of the rods of a spinning machine that bear the bobbins on which the spun thread is wound.

4.  spindle
any shaft, rod, or pin that turns around or on which something turns, as an axle, arbor, or mandrel.

5.  spindle
a vertical shaft that serves to center a phonograph record on a turntable.

6.  spindle
a measure of yarn containing, for cotton, 15,120 yards (13,825 m) and for linen, 14,400 yards (13,267 m).

7.  spindle
a spindle-shaped structure, composed of microtubules, that forms near the cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis and, as it divides, draws the chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell.

8.  spindle
a short, turned or circular ornament, as in a baluster or stair rail.

9. (v.t.) spindle
to give the form of a spindle to.

10.  spindle
to provide or equip with a spindle or spindles.

11.  spindle
to impale (a card or paper) on a spindle, as for sorting purposes.

12. (v.i.) spindle
to shoot up or grow into a long, slender stalk or stem, as a plant.

13.  spindle
to grow tall and slender, often disproportionately so.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME spindel (n.), OE spin(e)l, c. OS, OHG

Definition of 'Spindle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) spindle
(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
"chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis"

2. (noun) spindle
a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.

3. (noun) spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor
any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

4. (noun) spindle
a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning

5. (noun) spike, spindle
any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
"the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order"

Definition of 'Spindle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Spindle
the long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom

2. (noun) Spindle
a slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane

3. (noun) Spindle
the shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc

4. (noun) Spindle
the vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns

5. (noun) Spindle
a shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed

6. (noun) Spindle
the fusee of a watch

7. (noun) Spindle
a long and slender stalk resembling a spindle

8. (noun) Spindle
a yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards

9. (noun) Spindle
a solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord

10. (noun) Spindle
any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb

11. (noun) Spindle
any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus

12. (verb) Spindle
to shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender

Translation of 'Spindle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a thin pin on which something turns I can't turn on the radio any more, because the spindle of the control knob has broken.
Afrikaans: spil	Arabic: مِغْزَل	Bulgarian: вретено
Brazilian: eixo	Czech: osa	German: die Welle
Danish: pind	Greek: άτρακτος	Spanish: huso, eje
Estonian: võll	Farsi: دوك نخ	Finnish: kara
French: axe	Hebrew: יַדִית	Hindi: धुरी
Croatian: vreteno, osovina	Hungarian: orsó	Indonesian: jarum
Icelandic: snúður, teinn	Italian: fuso, asse	Japanese: 心棒
Korean: 축	Lithuanian: verpstė, ašis	Latvian: vārpsta; ass
Malay: spindel	Dutch: pin	Norwegian: spindel; tein
Polish: oś, sztyft	Persian: دوك نخ	Pashto: يو كوچني سنجاق
Portuguese: eixo	Romanian: ax	Russian: ось; шпиндель
Slovak: os	Slovenian: os	Serbian: osovina
Swedish: spindel, axel	Thai: แกนหมุน	Turkish: mil, dingil
Taiwanese: (心)軸	Ukrainian: веретено; шпиндель	Urdu: چرخے کا تکلا
Vietnamese: trục quay	Chinese: （心）轴
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