Etymology : Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan; akin to Old High German spinnan to spin and perhaps to Lithuanian spesti to set
Pronunciation : spin
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. act of causing to spin; twirling movement, rotation; short drive in an automobile; sudden descent; specific viewpoint, slant; style; tailspin; spin angular momentum (Physics). form thread or yarn by drawing out and twisting fibers; make a web or cocoon; fabricate, evolve; prolong, protract; cause to revolve rapidly, twirl. spin\spin\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. spun (archaic imp. span ); p. pr. & vb. n. spinning.] [as. spinnan; akin to d. & g. spinnen, icel. & sw. spinna, dan. spinde, goth. spinnan, and probably to e. span. ?170. cf. span, v. t., spider.].
2. 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. all the yarn she [penelope] spun in ulysses' absence did but fill ithaca full of moths.
3. 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. do you mean that story is tediously spun out?.
4. to protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. by one delay after another they spin out their whole lives.
5. to cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
6. 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.
7. (mech.) 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
11. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
12. To form 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
16. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
17. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
18. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
19. Velocity of rotation about some specified axis. a distinctive interpretation ; "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story" a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin" the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" a swift whirling motion prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrasing" work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web" make up a story; "spin a yarn" revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods".
20. spin.
21. 1. If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point. The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute He spun the wheel sharply and made a U turn in the middle of the road He spun his car round and went after them. Spin is also a noun. This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions.
22. When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out. Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry. Spin is also a noun. Set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin.
23. If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited. My head was spinning from the wine.
24. If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way. He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today. see also:
spin doctor.
25. In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media. The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act.
26. If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short journey in a car just to enjoy yourself.
27. If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true. He was surprised, and annoyed that she had spun a story which was too good to be condemned as a simple lie.
28. When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine. Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce. + spinning spin·ning They do their own cooking, spinning, and woodworking.
29. In a game such as tennis or cricket, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it. Amount of angular momentum associated with a subatomic particle or nucleus. It is measured in multiples of (h-bar), equal to Planck's constant divided by.
30. Electrons, neutrons, and protons have a spin of 1 2 , for example, while pions and helium nuclei have zero spin. The spin of a complex nucleus is the vector sum of the orbital angular momentum and intrinsic spins of the constituent nucleons. For nuclei of even mass number, the multiple is an integral; for those of odd mass number, it is a half-integer. See also Bose-Einstein statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics. isotopic spin isobaric spin electron spin resonance.
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