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spinning
[ spin-ing ]
noun
- 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.
spinning
1/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
- 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
Spinning
2/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
- a form of high-intensity exercise using exercise bikes
Other 51Թ Forms
- 辱nԲ· adverb
- ԴDz·辱nԲ noun adjective
- ܲ·辱nԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
The security officer punished the girl for being loud and spinning around with her friends during a break between classes, the girl’s father, Ricardo Hurtado, told The Times.
Met Office in saying,the spiral probably came about due to the rocket’s “frozen exhaust plume... spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight, causing it to appear as a spiral in the sky.”
But regardless of his politics, the chief executive is spinning a large number of plates.
The scene in Wicked for the song Dancing Through Life, with its spinning library and flying books, was filmed here.
The shrewd, vivifying juxtaposition pits crude, primal, static stone, its huge weight pressing the ground beneath your feet, against sleek, industrially elegant windmills spinning overhead to catch the invisible airstream and generate similarly imperceptible energy.
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