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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spin•dle /ˈspɪndəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Textilesa rounded rod, pointed at each end, used in hand-spinning.
- any shaft or pin that turns around or on which something turns, as an axle.
- Cell Biologya spindle-shaped structure, as in a living cell.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spin•dle (spin′dl),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -dled, -dling. n. - Textilesa rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- Textilesthe rod on a spinning wheel by which the thread is twisted and on which it is wound.
- Textilesone of the rods of a spinning machine that bear the bobbins on which the spun thread is wound.
- any rod or pin suggestive of a spindle used in spinning, as one that turns around or on which something turns;
an axle, axis, or shaft. - Sound Reproductiona vertical shaft that serves to center a phonograph record on a turntable.
- Building, Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineeringeither of two shafts or arbors that support the work on a lathe, one (live spindle) on the headstock, rotating with and imparting motion to the work, the other (dead spindle) on the tailstock, motionless.
- Building, Mechanical Engineeringa small axis, arbor, or mandrel.
- Nautical, Naval Termsan iron rod or the like, usually with a ball or cage at the top, fixed to a rock, sunken reef, etc., to serve as a guide in navigation.
- Textilesa measure of yarn, containing, for cotton, 15,120 yards (13,825 m), and for linen, 14,400 yards (13,267 m).
- Hydraulicsa hydrometer.
- Cell Biologya spindle-shaped structure, composed of microtubules, that forms near the cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis and, as it divides, draws the chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell.
- a short, turned or circular ornament, as in a baluster or stair rail.
- CommunicationsSee spindle file.
- Dialect Terms[Eastern New Eng.]a tassel on an ear of corn.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly New Jersey and Delaware Valley.]dragonfly.
adj. - See spindle side.
v.t. - to give the form of a spindle to.
- to provide or equip with a spindle or spindles.
- to impale (a card or paper) on a spindle, as for sorting purposes.
v.i. - Botanyto shoot up, or grow, into a long, slender stalk or stem, as a plant.
- Botanyto grow tall and slender, often disproportionately so.
- bef. 900; Middle English spindel (noun, nominal), Old English spin(e)l; see spin, -le; cognate with German Spindel
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spindle /ˈspɪndəl/ n - a rod or stick that has a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread, and a long narrow body around which the thread is wound when spun
- one of the thin rods or pins bearing bobbins upon which spun thread is wound in a spinning wheel or machine
- any of various parts in the form of a rod, esp a rotating rod that acts as an axle, mandrel, or arbor
- a piece of wood that has been turned, such as a baluster or table leg
- a small square metal shaft that passes through the lock of a door and to which the door knobs or handles are fixed
- a spindle-shaped structure formed by microtubules during mitosis or meiosis which draws the duplicated chromosomes apart as the cell divides
- a device consisting of a sharp upright spike on a pedestal on which bills, order forms, etc, are impaled
- short for spindle tree
vb - (transitive) to form into a spindle or equip with spindles
- (intransitive) rare (of a plant, stem, shoot, etc) to grow rapidly and become elongated and thin
Etymology: Old English spinel; related to spinnan to spin, Old Saxon spinnila spindle, Old High German spinnala |