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
Definitions of spindle 
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
