Spinning

What do we mean by spinning?

The process of making fibrous material into yarn or thread. noun

The act of fishing with a light rod and a reel having a bail or similar device that guides the line around a stationary spool and that can be disengaged to let the line run freely, as when casting. noun

The act of one who spins. noun

The process of giving shape to vessels of thin metal by means of a turning-lathe. noun

In angling, fishing with a spinner. See spinner, 1 . noun

The operation of running off a part of the water on the top of the charge in an amalgamating-mill. noun

The operation of molding metals such as silver, etc., while they are rapidly revolving (‘spinning’), in a manner similar to the molding of wet clay, into pitchers, vases, etc. noun

A. & n. from spin.

One of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larvæ.

Formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.

An engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously.

The red spider.

A machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle.

Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling. adjective

The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread. noun

Indoor cycling. noun

Present participle of spin. verb

Creating thread noun

To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.

(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

(of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.

To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar

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.

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.

To move swiftly.

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.

Words that are spelled similarly to spinning:
spinning, spanning, pinning, shinning, skinning, sinning, spinnin, stunning, winning, pining, shining, spanking, singing, inning, spooning, penning, scanning, spending, stinging, panning, twinning, grinning, swinging, stinking, spurning, spitting, swanning, spiking, sinking, signing, ginning, spawning, binning, shunning, dinning, springing, spilling, spiffing, finning, slinging, chinning, opining, seining, thinning, spiting, pinging, sainting, sunning, stinting, slinking, punning, tinning, sponging, pinking, sprinting, minning, splinting, spiring, shinnying, spieling, skinking, sining, spicing, pioning, spindling, spirling, spiling, splining, spinnies, spanging, spirting, saining, sonning, unpinning, swinking, spiering, spinnen, spannung, spinnings, skenning.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word spinning:
weaving, yarn, arkwright, carding, dyeing, looms, flax, spindle, loom, mule, knitting, reels, mules, wheel, wool, spun, rotor, thread, spin, cotton, oldham, jenny, mill, textile, linen, mills, coaster, heel, reel, wheels, kick, cloth, propeller, fibre, silk, tops, disk, blades, textiles, angular, kicks, axis, machinery, rpm, rotating, torque, roller, velocity, lap, projected, twist, rotation, machines, fiber, frame, finger, lancashire, laps, momentum, blade, counts, pen, manufacture, invented, ride, magnetic, disc, factory, plates, circles, faster, rapidly, machine, powered, globe, drum, manufacturing, pit, ball, speed, motion, ltd, printing, raw, manchester.

Words that rhyme with spinning:
beginning, underpinning, printing, winning, imprinting, grinning, pinning, ginning, binning, dinning, finning, thinning, sinning, in the beginning, top of the inning, bottom of the inning, been hung, begin ning, chin hung, din ing, dinh hung, skin hung.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spinning:
hand, wet, flax, free, own, net, cotton, metal, ring, minnow, top, hemp, wool, dry, fine, continuous, british, woman, preliminary, non, women, worsted, genuine, happy, end, mule, cocoon, modern, web, angle, primitive, cultural, linen, girl, cerebral, hot, sheng.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spinning:
wheel, wheels, jenny, mill, mills, machine, process, industry, frame, machines, room, disk, rod, ball, factory, frames, disc, jennies, reel, bait, machinery, mule, factories, processes, body, rotor, head, blades, method, apparatus, rooms, sphere, movement, mass, technique, industries, companies, blade, bath, propeller, capacity, operations, equipment, firms, planet, glands, plant, cylinder, device, drum, cup, shaft, gyroscope, song, nucleus, trade, satellite, dope, franchise, techniques, kick, hole, tops, tires, weaving, technology, spiders, firm, spacecraft, vortex, qualities, departments, out, circle, tackle, coin, lights, tool, lathe, flywheel, tubes, mirror, tube, plate, shop, organs, reels, rods, top, bowl, column, stars.

Consonant match to spinning:
spooning, spanning, spurning, spawning.

Words that sound like spinning:
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