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spined
Overview of verb spin
The verb spin has 8 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (12) spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate -- (revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy")
2. (5) spin -- (stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods")
3. whirl, birl, spin, twirl -- (cause to spin; "spin a coin")
4. spin -- (make up a story; "spin a yarn")
5. spin -- (form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web")
6. spin -- (work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk")
7. spin -- (twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing")
8. spin, spin out -- (prolong or extend; "spin out a visit")
Grep of noun spined
ten-spined stickleback
three-spined stickleback
Antonyms of verb spin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spin
8 senses of spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
=> revolve, go around, rotate
=> turn
=> move
Sense 2
spin
=> stream, well out
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> move
Sense 3
whirl, birl, spin, twirl
=> rotate, circumvolve
=> turn
=> move
Sense 4
spin
=> fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
=> think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> make, create
Sense 5
spin
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 6
spin
=> twist, twine, distort
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 7
spin
=> present, represent, lay out
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 8
spin, spin out
=> prolong, protract, extend, draw out
=> lengthen
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spin
3 of 8 senses of spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
=> whirligig
Sense 2
spin
=> centrifuge, centrifugate
Sense 7
spin
=> sugarcoat
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spin
8 senses of spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
=> revolve, go around, rotate
Sense 2
spin
=> stream, well out
Sense 3
whirl, birl, spin, twirl
=> rotate, circumvolve
Sense 4
spin
=> fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
Sense 5
spin
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sense 6
spin
=> twist, twine, distort
Sense 7
spin
=> present, represent, lay out
Sense 8
spin, spin out
=> prolong, protract, extend, draw out
'Cause To' of verb spin
Derived Forms of verb spin
3 of 8 senses of spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
RELATED TO>(noun) spin#2
=> spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
RELATED TO>(noun) spinner#3
=> spinner
Sense 3
whirl, birl, spin, twirl
RELATED TO>(noun) spin#2
=> spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
RELATED TO>(noun) spinner#2
=> spinner
Sense 6
spin
RELATED TO>(noun) spinner#1
=> spinner, spinster, thread maker
RELATED TO>(noun) spinning#1
=> spinning
Domain of verb spin
Domain Terms of verb spin
Familiarity of verb spin
spin used as a verb is common (polysemy count =8)
Sample Sentences of verb spin
8 senses of spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
EX: The coins spin
EX: These balls spin easily
Sense 2
spin
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
whirl, birl, spin, twirl
EX: They spin the coin
Sense 4
spin
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
spin
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
spin
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
spin
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 8
spin, spin out
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spin
8 senses of spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
> revolve, go around, rotate
=> screw, drive in
=> screw
=> wheel, wheel around
=> spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
=> twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl
Sense 2
spin
> stream, well out
=> spin
Sense 3
whirl, birl, spin, twirl
> rotate, circumvolve
=> crank, crank up
=> whirl, birl, spin, twirl
=> birl, birle
Sense 4
spin
> fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
=> mythologize, mythologise
=> confabulate
=> trump up, concoct
=> spin
=> vamp, vamp up
Sense 5
spin
> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> reform
=> formulate
=> mint, coin, strike
=> spin
=> make
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> dip
=> bake
=> brew
=> cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> cook
=> knit
=> crochet
=> knot
=> weave, tissue
=> tat, intertwine
=> make
Sense 6
spin
> twist, twine, distort
=> wring, wrench
=> contort, deform, distort, wring
=> entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
=> intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
=> spin
=> weave, interweave
Sense 7
spin
> present, represent, lay out
=> argue, reason
=> argue, indicate
=> spin
Sense 8
spin, spin out
> prolong, protract, extend, draw out
=> extend
=> temporize, temporise
=> spin, spin out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spin
Sense 1
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
=> revolve, go around, rotate
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Sense 2
spin
=> stream, well out
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Sense 3
whirl, birl, spin, twirl
=> rotate, circumvolve
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Sense 4
spin
=> fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
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Sense 5
spin
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
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Sense 6
spin
=> twist, twine, distort
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Sense 7
spin
=> present, represent, lay out
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Sense 8
spin, spin out
=> prolong, protract, extend, draw out
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Grep of verb spin
spin
spin-dry
spin around
spin off
spin out
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