spin

Definitions

• (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
• To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
• (cricket) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
• (cricket) To move sideways when bouncing.
• (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
• To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
• To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
• To move swiftly.
• To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
• (computing) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
• (transitive) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
• (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
• An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.