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(noun) the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" |
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Synonyms: twirl, twist, twisting, whirl |
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Related Words: birling, logrolling, pirouette, rotation |
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(verb) prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" |
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Synonyms: spin out |
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Related Words: draw out, extend, prolong, protract |
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(verb) work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" |
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Related Words: distort, twist |
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(verb) form a web by making a thread, as of spiders |
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Related Words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff |
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(verb) make up a story, as in "spin a yarn" |
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Related Words: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture |
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(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" |
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Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin around, whirl |
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Related Words: go around, revolve, rotate, whirligig |
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(verb) stream in jets, of liquids: "The creek spun its course through the woods" |
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Related Words: centrifugate, centrifuge, stream, well out |
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(noun) a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) |
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Related Words: English, backspin, gyration, revolution, roll, rotation, side, topspin |
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(noun) rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral spin |
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Synonyms: tailspin |
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Related Words: acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying, stunting |
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(verb) cause to spin; "spin a coin" |
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Synonyms: birl, twirl, whirl |
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Related Words: rotate |
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(verb) narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" |
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Synonyms: narrate, recite, recount, tell |
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Related Words: inform, relate, rhapsodize, yarn |
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