spin

Mane (English)

Verb

1. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
2. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
3. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
4. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
5. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
6. To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
7. To move sideways when bouncing.
8. To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
9. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) 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.
10. 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.
11. To move swiftly.
12. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
13. To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
14. (informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
15. To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
16. To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
17. (slang) To search rapidly.
18. To draw out tediously; prolong.
19. To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
20. (slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).

Noun

1. Rapid circular motion.
2. A state of confusion or disorientation.
3. A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
4. A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
5. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
6. Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
7. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling in a spinning motion.
8. An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating shaft and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
9. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
10. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
11. A single play of a record; especially, one broadcast by a radio station.
12. (slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
13. An unmarried woman; a spinster.
14. The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

Noun

Short for spinnaker.

Noun

Special interest of an autistic person.

Synonyms

rotate

whirl

turn

revolve

twirl

twist

reel

roll

rotation

gyrate

weave

wind

coil

go round

pivot

swivel

revolution

run

swirl

tailspin

spin out

rewind

⏪

troll

🧌

twisting

turning

curl

touch

plait

turn around

turn over

twiddle

twine

curve

circle

⭕

prolong

birl

going round

whirling

clue

spinning

spiral

stir

fiddle with

pirouette

spin around

whirl around

swing

tincture

revolve extremely fast

tinge

tone

turn round and round

parade

procrastinate

produce

purr

race

rampage

ratchet

ravel

reinterpret

report

retell

ring

💍

roll up

scoot

screw

scud

scurry

sew

shade

somersault

sprint

stain

stall

stock

sustain

throw

tinct

tint

tissue

trace

tumble

turn round

undertone

undertow

volute

vortex

wave

👋

web

wheel

🛞

whirlpool

whizz

worm

🪱

yarn

🧶

axial rotation

be busy

be confused

feel dizzy

feel faint

mill about

play with

make yarn

change wording

autogiration

whirlabout

wiredrawing

air

be bustling about

cause to spin

vertiginate

scour after

wire stretching

wire-draw

bend

mould pressing

card

centrifuge

clew

coiling

color

coloration

colour

colouration

course

crank

crochet

dance

💃

divulge

dizzy

💫

drag one’s feet

drag one’s heels

drawing

drill

drive

dye

etc.

evolve

extend

falsify

flavour

flip

flutter

get around

ghost

👻

gin

go around

gradate

ground loop

gyration

helical

helix

hit

hoard

hold off

hovering

hue

inweave

keep up

key

🔑

knit

lace

lift up

loom

mill

misrepresent

note

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/spɪn/

Etîmolojî (English)

Inherited from Middle English: spinnen

Inherited from Old English: spinnan

Cognate with nedersaksî: spinnen

Cognate with holendî: spinnen

Cognate with almanî: spinnen

Cognate with danmarkî: spinde

Cognate with swêdî: spinna

In summary

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.