Definition of Spin

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Definition of Spin

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.

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.

To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.

To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.

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.

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.

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.

To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.

To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.

Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.

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Spin Quotations

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.
John Keats

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
Vera Wang

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
W. H. Auden

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
Thomas Carlyle

A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me.
Heidi Klum

When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
Jack Nicklaus

A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
George Herbert

There's a way in which these guys all think absolutely media, day and night. Access is what it's all about, so they spin 24 hours a day and that's a problem.
Michael Ignatieff

Now he must not go the wrong way round the circuit, and unless he can spin himself stationary through 360 degrees I fail to see how he can avoid doing so.
Murray Walker

Spin Translations

spin in Dutch is spinnen
spin in German is durchdrehen, drehen
spin in Spanish is giro
spin in Swedish is snurra, spinna

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