(of stalks, shoots, etc) becoming long and slender
noun
3.
a spindling person or thing
spindling in American English
(ˈspɪndˌlɪŋ)
adjective
spindly
spindling in American English
(ˈspɪndlɪŋ)
adjective
1.
long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so
2.
growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright
noun
3.
a spindling person or thing
Word origin
[1740–50; spindle + -ing2, -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1740–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adagio, etiquette, first class, masthead, professional-ing is a suffix forming the present participle of verbs (walking; thinking), such participles being often used as participial adjectives (warring factions); -ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'spindling' in a sentence
spindling
Again, disruption of thalamic spindling plays a key role.
Rachel A Mak-McCully, Stephen R Deiss, Burke Q Rosen, Ki-Young Jung, Terrence J Sejnowski,Hélène Bastuji, Marc Rey, Sydney S Cash, Maxim Bazhenov, Eric Halgren 2014, 'Synchronization of isolated downstates (K-complexes) may be caused by cortically-induceddisruption of thalamic spindling.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4177663?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)