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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] They neither know to spin, nor care to toll. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. [1913 Webster] Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. [1913 Webster] 3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spin \Spin\ (sp[i^]n), 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. [1913 Webster] All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. [1913 Webster] 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. [1913 Webster] By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spin \Spin\, n. 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis. [1913 Webster] 3. (Politics) an interpretation of an event which is favorable to the interpreter or to the person s/he supports. A person whose task is to provide such interpretations for public relations purposes is called a {spin doctor}. [PJC] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: spin n 1: a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) 2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting" [syn: {spin}, {twirl}, {twist}, {twisting}, {whirl}] 3: a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin" 4: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral [syn: {tailspin}, {spin}] 5: a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story" v 1: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: {spin}, {spin around}, {whirl}, {reel}, {gyrate}] 2: stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods" 3: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: {whirl}, {birl}, {spin}, {twirl}] 4: make up a story; "spin a yarn" 5: form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web" 6: work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk" 7: twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing" 8: prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" [syn: {spin}, {spin out}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: spin vi. Equivalent to {buzz}. More common among C and Unix programmers. See the discussion of ?spinlock? under {busy-wait}. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: SPIN Sponsored Programs Information Network From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: spin /spin/ 1. spider 2. spine