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spinning

[ spin-ing ]

noun

  1. Textiles.
    1. the act or process of converting staple or short lengths of fiber, as cotton or rayon, into continuous yarn or thread.
    2. the extrusion of a solution of fiber-forming substances through holes in a spinneret to form filaments.
  2. Entomology. the act or process of secreting and placing silk or silklike filaments, as in the construction of a web by a spider or the formation of a cocoon by a caterpillar.
  3. Also called spin casting, spin fishing, thread-line fishing. Angling. the act or technique of casting a relatively light lure attached to a threadlike line wound on a stationary spool.


spinning

1

/ ˈspɪnɪŋ /

noun

    1. the act or process of spinning
    2. ( as modifier )

      spinning yarn

  1. the act or technique of casting and drawing a revolving lure through the water so as to imitate the movement of a live fish, etc


Spinning

2

/ ˈspɪnɪŋ /

noun

  1. a form of high-intensity exercise using exercise bikes

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Other Words From

  • spinning·ly adverb
  • non·spinning noun adjective
  • un·spinning adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spinning1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; spin, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

That distant whirring sound you hear is a long-dead Greek physician spinning in his grave.

He's dazzling, fielding questions, spinning out anecdotes and limericks, sounding 35 and hungry for publicity.

The powerful forces of gravity and magnetism channel matter into huge flattened spinning platters known as accretion disks.

I always visualized history,” he recalled, “but her spinning native cotton with that wheel transported me into it.

To that regard, Mulaney opens with its star spinning a longer joke-yarn based on something that had really happened to him.

It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.

Remember how often you used to scold me for tangling the yarn, when you were spinning on the great wheel.

Lawrence returned the fire, and the ball struck Jerry's revolver and sent it spinning.

They reached the Black Caon road and went spinning into it, some of the wheels in the air.

The smack was well clear of the fleets and spinning along nicely to southward on a dark night, and Jack was at the wheel.

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