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spinning en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The motion of something that spins.
    • these uncontrollable spinnings of the head 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension, page 258:
  2. (countable, uncountable) The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.

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Synonyms

turning · spin · rotation

Translations (15)

pl przędzenie (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · eo ŝpinado (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · fi kehrääminen (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · gd snìomh (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · es hilatura (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · bg предене (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · ja 紡績 (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · el νηματοποίηση (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · pt fiação (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · fi kehruu (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · enm spynnynge (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · he טְוִיָּה (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · ro toarce (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · fr filer (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread) · ga sníomh (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)

wikidata: Q1424010 · wikidata: Q59172 · wikidata: Q107617

spinning en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spin
    form of spin
    • An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes. 2013 March 14, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 01 May 2013, page 114:

Deriveds

money-spinning · spinning rod · spinning frame · spinning bike · spinningly · spinning wheel · ultraspinning · spinning top · yarnspinning · spinning rust · overspinning · aquaspinning · head-spinning · spinning jenny · electrospinning · nonspinning · open-end spinning · ring spinning · plate spinning · spinning teacups · spinning mule · fidget-spinning · spinning house · pen spinning