Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Spinning
Spin′ning
,Adj.
& Noun.
Spin
. Spinning gland
(Zool.)
, one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larvae.
– Spinning house
, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.
– Spinning jenny
(Mach.)
, an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously.
– Spinning mite
(Zool.)
, the red spider.
– Spinning wheel
, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Spinning
SPIN'NING
,ppr.
SPIN'NING
, n.1.
The act, practice or art of drawing out and twisting into threads, as wool, flax and cotton.2.
The act or practice of forming webs, as spiders.Definition 2024
spinning
spinning
English
Adjective
spinning (not comparable)
- Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.
- 2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:
- 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.
-
Translations
rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling
|
|
Noun
spinning (plural spinnings)
- The motion of something that spins.
- 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)
- these uncontrollable spinnings of the head
- 2005, Geoffrey Hemphill, Nico and the Unseen - A Voyage Into the Fourth Dimension (page 258)
- The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
- Indoor cycling.
Translations
process of converting fibres into yarn or thread
Verb
spinning
- present participle of spin
Derived terms
Derived terms