spin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spin	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for spin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spin n a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" Synonym(s): spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin" rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral Synonym(s): tailspin, spin a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story" v revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" Synonym(s): spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" cause to spin; "spin a coin" Synonym(s): whirl, birl, spin, twirl make up a story; "spin a yarn" form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web" work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing" prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" Synonym(s): spin, spin out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spin \Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.] 1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. 2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. 5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) 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. 6. (Mech.) 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 spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale. {To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. {To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spin \Spin\, v. i. 1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. They neither know to spin, nor care to toll. --Prior. 2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together. --Longfellow. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. 3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --Shak. 4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spin \Spin\, n. 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [Colloq.] 2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
spin vi. Equivalent to {buzz}. More common among C and Unix programmers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
spin Equivalent to {buzz}. More common among {C} and {Unix} programmers. [{Jargon File}]