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spin·ning  (spnng)
n.
1. The process of making fibrous material into yarn or thread.
2. 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. Also called spin casting, spin fishing.

spinning [ˈspɪnɪŋ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)
a.  the act or process of spinning
b.  (as modifier) spinning yarn
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) 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
  • heckle - First a "flax comb" for splitting and straightening the fibers for spinning; its metaphorical sense developed from its verb form, "to mangle by cutting, to cut roughly."
  • distaff side, spear side - The female side of a family is the distaff side—the distaff being a stick used for holding yarn when spinning; the male side is the spear side.
  • fouette - A spectacular pirouette in which the ballerina whips her raised leg around in an eggbeater motion while spinning on the other leg.
  • turngiddy - Means dizzy from spinning around.
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Noun1.spinning - creating threadspinning - creating thread                      
    handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands
    Translations
    spinning [ˈspɪnɪŋ]
    A. N (= act) → hilado m; (= art) → hilandería f, arte m de hilar
    B. CPD spinning jenny Nmáquina f de hilar de husos múltiples
    spinning mill Nhilandería f
    spinning top Npeonza f, trompo m
    spinning wheel Nrueca f or torno m de hilar
    spinning [ˈspɪnɪŋ] n [thread] (by hand)filage m; (by machine)filature f
    spinning top ntoupie f
    spinning wheel nrouet m
    spin-off n
    (= unexpected benefit) → avantage m inattendu (= by-product) → sous-produit m
    spinning
    nSpinnen nt

    spinning in cpdsSpinn-;
    spinning jenny
    nJennymaschine f
    spinning mill
    nSpinnerei f
    spinning top
    nKreisel m
    spinning wheel
    nSpinnrad nt
    spinning works
    n sing or plSpinnerei f, → Spinnstofffabrik f
    spinning [ˈspɪnɪŋ] nfilatura


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I am a nun from the Spinning Convent,[10] and my mother when she died left me this apple.
But can you sing standing on your head, with a top spinning on your left foot, and a sabre balanced on your right?
In the door there was a golden key, and when she turned it the door sprang open, and there sat an old lady spinning away very busily.
 
 
 
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