What is the meaning of spinning?

noun

  • Creating thread.

verb

  • Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.
    • usage: "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
  • Stream in jets, of liquids.
    • usage: "The creek spun its course through the woods"
  • Cause to spin.
    • usage: "spin a coin"
  • Make up a story.
    • usage: "spin a yarn"
  • Form a web by making a thread.
    • usage: "spiders spin a fine web"
  • Work natural fibers into a thread.
    • usage: "spin silk"
  • Twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation.
    • usage: "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
  • Prolong or extend.
    • usage: "spin out a visit"
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