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Definition of 'spin'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) spin
to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers.

2.  spin
to form (the fibers of any material) into thread or yarn.

3.  spin
to produce (a thread, web, cocoon, etc.) by extruding from the body a viscous filament that hardens in the air.

4.  spin
to cause to rotate rapidly; twirl; whirl:
to spin a coin on a table.

5.  spin
to produce, fabricate, or evolve in a manner suggestive of spinning thread:
to spin a tale.

6.  spin
to draw out, protract, or prolong (often fol. by out):
She spun the project out for over three years.

7. (v.i.) spin
to revolve or rotate rapidly, as the earth or a top.

8.  spin
to produce a thread from the body, as a spider or silkworm.

9.  spin
to produce yarn or thread by spinning.

10.  spin
to move or travel rapidly.

11.  spin
to have a sensation of whirling; reel:
My head began to spin.

12.  spin
to fish with a spinning or revolving bait.

13.  spin
spin off,

14.  spin
to create or derive, based on something already existing:
They took the character of the uncle and spun off another TV series.

15. (n.) spin
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.

16.  spin
a spinning motion or movement.

17.  spin
a downward movement or trend, esp. one that is sudden, alarming, etc.

18.  spin
a short ride or drive for pleasure.

19.  spin
½, 1, 3/2, &ellipsis; when measured in units of Planck's constant divided by 2&pgr;.

Definition of 'spin'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) spin
a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

2. (noun) spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
the act of rotating rapidly
"he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"

3. (noun) spin
a short drive in a car
"he took the new car for a spin"

4. (noun) tailspin, spin
rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

5. (verb) spin
a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion)
"the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"

6. (verb) spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
"The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

7. (verb) spin
stream in jets, of liquids
"The creek spun its course through the woods"

8. (verb) whirl, birl, spin, twirl
cause to spin
"spin a coin"

9. (verb) spin
make up a story
"spin a yarn"

10. (verb) spin
form a web by making a thread
"spiders spin a fine web"

11. (verb) spin
work natural fibers into a thread
"spin silk"

12. (verb) spin
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) spin, spin out
prolong or extend
"spin out a visit"

Definition of 'spin'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) spin
to turn around quickly
The car spun around on the wet road; Spin the wheel and see what number comes up.

2.  spin
(of a spider) to make special thread from its body
a spider spinning its web

3.  spin
(of a politician) to explain a situation or event in a way that favors a particular viewpoint
Let's see how the Democrats spin this one.

4.  spin
to make thread for cloth
machines that spin cotton

5. (noun) spin
a fast turning movement
The truck went into a spin.; a spin of the wheel

6.  spin
explanations of situations or events that favor a particular political viewpoint
spin from the politicians on TV

Definition of 'spin'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) spin
the act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle

2. (noun) spin
velocity of rotation about some specified axis

3. (verb) spin
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

4. (verb) spin
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

5. (verb) spin
to protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness

6. (verb) spin
to cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top

7. (verb) spin
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

8. (verb) spin
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

9. (verb) spin
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

10. (verb) spin
to move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis

11. (verb) spin
to stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein

12. (verb) spin
to move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc

Definitions of 'spin'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. spin
Equivalent to buzz. More common among C and Unix programmers. See the discussion of ‘spinlock’ under busy-wait.

Translation of 'spin'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (cause to) go round and round rapidly She spun round in surprise; He spun the revolving door round and round.
Afrikaans: tol, omdraai	Arabic: يَدور بِسُرْعَه، يَبْرُم	Bulgarian: въртя (се)
Brazilian: rodar	Czech: (o)točit (se)	German: herumwirbeln
Danish: snurre rundt; dreje rundt	Greek: περιστρέφω, περιστρέφομαι	Spanish: hacer girar
Estonian: pöörlema, keerutama	Farsi: چرخيدن	Finnish: pyöriä
French: tournoyer; (faire) tourne	Hebrew: מִסתוֹבֵבִים	Hindi: फिरकना
Croatian: naglo okrenuti oko osi, v	Hungarian: pörög; pörget	Indonesian: memutar
Icelandic: snarsnúa(st)	Italian: girarsi; far girare	Japanese: 回転する
Korean: 돌리다	Lithuanian: (apsi)sukti	Latvian: griezt; griezties
Malay: memusing	Dutch: snel draaien	Norwegian: snu seg plutselig, snurre
Polish: obracać (się), wirować	Persian: چرخيدن	Pashto: چرخیدن
Portuguese: rodar	Romanian: a roti; a face să se rote	Russian: кружить(ся); крутить(ся)
Slovak: (o)točiť (sa)	Slovenian: vrteti (se)	Serbian: okretati
Swedish: snurra [runt]	Thai: หมุน	Turkish: dön(dür)mek
Taiwanese: 旋轉	Ukrainian: крутити(ся), вертіти(ся)	Urdu: گھمانا، چکّر دینا
Vietnamese: quay tròn	Chinese: 旋转
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