Adjective spinning has 1 sense
  1. spinning, whirling - rotating rapidly about an axis; "a spinning top"; "the whirling dance of the Dervish"
    Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
,Noun spinning has 1 sense
  1. spinning - creating thread
    --1 is a kind of
    handicraft
    Derived form: verb spin6
,Verb spin has 8 senses
  1. spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
    --1 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
    Derived forms: noun spin2, noun spinner3
    Sample sentences:
    The coins spin
    These balls spin easily
  2. spin - stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course through the woods"
    --2 is one way to
    stream, well out
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  3. whirl, birl, spin, twirl - cause to spin; "spin a coin"
    --3 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
    Derived forms: noun spin2, noun spinner2
    Sample sentence:
    They spin the coin
  4. spin - make up a story; "spin a yarn"
    --4 is one way to
    fabricate, manufacture, cook up, make up, invent
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. spin - form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
    --5 is one way to
    create from raw material, create from raw stuff
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  6. spin - work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
    --6 is one way to
    twist, twine, distort
    Derived forms: noun spinner1, noun spinning1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  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 embarrasing"
    --7 is one way to
    present, represent, lay out
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  8. spin, spin out - prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
    --8 is one way to prolong, protract, extend, draw out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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