| query | If something s____ or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point. The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute. The Earth spins on its own axis. He spun the wheel sharply and made a U turn in the middle of the road. He spun his car round and went after them. This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions. |
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| word | spin |
| full-definition | verb If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point. The latest discs, used for small portable computers, spin 3600 times a minute. The Earth spins on its own axis. He spun the wheel sharply and made a U turn in the middle of the road. He spun his car round and went after them. This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions. When you spin washing, it is turned round and round quickly in a spin drier or a washing machine to get the water out. Just spin the washing and it's nearly dry. Set on a cool wash and finish with a short spin. If your head is spinning, you feel unsteady or confused, for example because you are drunk, ill, or excited . His head was spinning and he could barely stand. All those figures make my poor head spin. If someone spins a story, they give you an account of something that is untrue or only partly true. She had spun a story which was too good to be condemned as a simple lie. When people spin, they make thread by twisting together pieces of a fibre such as wool or cotton using a device or machine. Michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce. They do their own cooking, spinning, and woodworking. noun If someone puts a certain spin on an event or situation, they interpret it and try to present it in a particular way. He interpreted the vote as support and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today. ...the wholly improper political spin given to the report by sections of the press. In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media. The public is sick of spin and tired of promises. It's time for politicians to act. If you go for a spin or take a car for a spin, you make a short journey in a car just to enjoy yourself. If a plane goes into a spin, it falls very rapidly towards the ground in a spiral movement. In a game such as tennis or cricket, if you put spin on a ball, you deliberately make it spin rapidly when you hit it or throw it. |
| inflections | spinsspinningspunspinning |
| cefr-level | C1 |
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