span

Betekenis (English)

1. The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
2. Any of various traditional units of length approximating this distance, especially the English handspan of 9 inches forming ⅛ fathom and equivalent to 22.86 cm.
3. A small space or a brief portion of time.
4. A portion of something by length; a subsequence.
5. The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
6. The length of a cable, wire, rope, chain between two consecutive supports.
7. A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
8. A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action.
9. The space of all linear combinations of vectors within a set.
10. The time required to execute a parallel algorithm on an infinite number of processors, i.e. the shortest distance across a directed acyclic graph representing the computation steps.
11. wingspan of a plane or bird

span

spannen

omspannen

ribbe

voorspannen

draagbalk

spanwijdte

vleugelbreedte

hand span

erst

overall length

run for

wing-span

wing-spread

withstand

harras

clowder

lay across

hold still for

over-all length

stretch across

distance between two points

brave out

murmuration

pyron

fistmele

variation range

moment of span

unit of length

Twain

hirsel

cete

strided distance

bridging over

span of horses

bridge over

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/spæn/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Duits

Cognate with Oudengels

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Duits

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Duits

Cognate with Nederlands

Inherited from Middelengels

In summary

From Middle English spanne, from Old English spann, from Proto-Germanic *spannō (“span, handbreadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Dutch span, spanne, German Spanne. The sense “pair of horses” is probably from Old English ġespan, ġespann (“a joining; a fastening together; clasp; yoke”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]. Cognate with Dutch gespan, German Gespann.

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spin

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).