spinning
Textiles.
the act or process of converting staple or short lengths of fiber, as cotton or rayon, into continuous yarn or thread.
the extrusion of a solution of fiber-forming substances through holes in a spinneret to form filaments.
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.
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.
Origin of spinning
1Other words from spinning
- spin·ning·ly, adverb
- non·spin·ning, noun, adjective
- un·spin·ning, adjective
Words Nearby spinning
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How to use spinning in a sentence
The key hardware ingredient is a spinning laser fixed to the roof, called lidar, which provides the car with a pair of eyes to see the world.
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Instead, it may resemble a spinning top, like Bennu and Ryugu, two even smaller asteroids that spacecraft have recently visited.
December’s stunning Geminid meteor shower is born from a humble asteroid | Ken Croswell | December 2, 2020 | Science NewsTwo minutes of top spinning leaves me feeling much better than the ten minutes of Instagram scrolling that used to occupy my writing breaks.
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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.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairRemember how often you used to scold me for tangling the yarn, when you were spinning on the great wheel.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieLawrence returned the fire, and the ball struck Jerry's revolver and sent it spinning.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThey reached the Black Caon road and went spinning into it, some of the wheels in the air.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run | Stanley R. MatthewsThe smack was well clear of the fleets and spinning along nicely to southward on a dark night, and Jack was at the wheel.
The Chequers | James Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for spinning (1 of 2)
/ (ˈspɪnɪŋ) /
the act or process of spinning
(as modifier): spinning yarn
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
British Dictionary definitions for Spinning (2 of 2)
/ (ˈspɪnɪŋ) /
trademark a form of high-intensity exercise using exercise bikes
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