Spinning
nnoun.actcreating threadDerivationally Related Form:spin
Hypernyms:handicraft
Inherited Hypernyms:spinninghandicraftarts and craftsartcreationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:spinninghandicrafttradeoccupationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axisSynset:gyrate reel spin spin around whirl
Examples:- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Derivationally Related Form:whirlerspingyrationwhirlspinner
Hypernyms:go around revolve rotate
Inherited Hypernyms:spinrevolveturnmove
Direct Hyponyms:whirligig
Full Troponyms:whirligig
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | The coins --- (apply to: spin) | These balls --- easily (apply to: spin)
vverb.motionstream in jets, of liquidsExamples:- The creek spun its course through the woods
Hypernyms:stream well out
Inherited Hypernyms:spinstreamrunmove
Direct Hyponyms:centrifugatecentrifuge
Full Troponyms:centrifugeultracentrifuge
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motioncause to spinSynset:birl spin twirl whirl
Derivationally Related Form:spintwirltwirlerwhirlspinner
Hypernyms:circumvolve rotate
Inherited Hypernyms:whirlrotateturnmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the coin (apply to: spin) | The girls --- the wooden sticks (apply to: whirl, twirl)
vverb.creationmake up a storyHypernyms:cook up fabricate invent make up manufacture
Inherited Hypernyms:spinfabricatethink upcreate by mental actmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.creationform a web by making a threadHypernyms:create from raw material create from raw stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:spincreate from raw materialmake
Entailment:extrude squeeze out
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactwork natural fibers into a threadDerivationally Related Form:spinningspinner
Hypernyms:distort twine twist
Inherited Hypernyms:spintwistchange shapechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationtwist and turn so as to give an intended interpretationExamples:- The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing
Hypernyms:lay out present represent
Inherited Hypernyms:spinpresentstateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:sugarcoat
Full Troponyms:sugarcoat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeprolong or extendSynset:spin spin out
Hypernyms:draw out extend prolong protract
Inherited Hypernyms:spinprolonglengthenincreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s