[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spin \spin\ spi^n, v. t. imp.  p. p. spunarchaic imp.
   span; p. pr.  vb. n. spinning. as. spinnan; akin to
   d.  g. spinnen, icel.  sw. spinna, dan. spinde, goth.
   spinnan, and probably to e. span. root170. cf. span, v.
   t., spider.
   1. to draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or
      machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin
      goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a
      fibrous material.
      1913 webster

            all the yarn she penelope spun in ulysses' absence
            did but fill ithaca full of moths.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by
      degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to
      spin out large volumes on a subject.
      1913 webster

            do you mean that story is tediously spun out?
                                                  --sheridan.
      1913 webster

   3. to protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day
      in idleness.
      1913 webster

            by one delay after another they spin out their whole
            lives.                                --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

   4. to cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to
      spin a top.
      1913 webster

   5. to form a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like 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.
      1913 webster

   6. mech. 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.
      1913 webster

   to spin a yarn naut., to tell a story, esp. a long or
      fabulous tale.

   to spin hay mil., to twist it into ropes for convenient
      carriage on an expedition.

   to spin street yarn, to gad about gossiping. collog.
      1913 webster
see also:
spun span spinning spider to spin a yarn to spin hay 
to spin street yarn 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spin \spin\, v. i.
   1. to practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting
      threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman
      knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great
      exactness.
      1913 webster

            they neither know to spin, nor care to toll.
                                                  --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. to move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a
      spindle, about its axis.
      1913 webster

            round about him spun the landscape,
            sky and forest reeled together.       --longfellow.
      1913 webster

            with a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning
            about each head.                      --g. w. cable.
      1913 webster

   3. to stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet;
      as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage,
      on a bicycle, etc. colloq.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

spin \spin\, n.
   1. the act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a
      bicycle. colloq.
      1913 webster

   2. kinematics velocity of rotation about some specified
      axis.
      1913 webster

   3. politics an interpretation of an event which is
      favorable to the interpreter or to the person s/he
      supports. a person whose task is to provide such
      interpretations for public relations purposes is called a
      spin doctor.
      pjc
      1913 webster
see also:
spin doctor 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

spin
     n 1: a swift whirling motion usually of a missile
     2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
        broke off after much twisting" syn: twirl, twist, twisting,
         whirl
     3: a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"
     4: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral syn: tailspin
     5: a distinctive interpretation especially as used by
        politicians to sway public opinion; "the campaign put a
        favorable spin on the story"
     v 1: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "the
          dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
          syn: spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
     2: stream in jets, of liquids; "the creek spun its course
        through the woods"
     3: cause to spin; "spin a coin" syn: whirl, birl, twirl
     4: make up a story; "spin a yarn"
     5: form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
     6: work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
     7: twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation;
        "the president's spokesmen had to spin the story to make
        it less embarrasing"
     8: prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" syn: spin out
     also: spun, spinning
see also:
twirl twist twisting whirl tailspin spin around 
reel gyrate birl spin out spun 
spinning 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

215 moby thesaurus words for "spin":
   charybdis, sunday drive, advance, airing, angle, angular momentum,
   angular motion, angular velocity, ascend, axial motion, back,
   back up, bait the hook, bank, bob, bowling, budge, centrifugate,
   centrifugation, centrifuge, change, change place, circle,
   circulate, circulation, circumgyration, circumrotate,
   circumrotation, circumvolute, clam, climb, come about, concoct,
   continue, crab, crack up, crank, crash, dap, derive, descend,
   devise, dib, dibble, dip, dizzy, dizzy round, drag out, draw out,
   drive, ebb, eddy, excursion, extend, fabricate, feather,
   fetch about, filament, fish, fishtail, flat spin, flow, fluster,
   fly-fish, full circle, get over, giddy, gig, gin, go, go about,
   go around, go fishing, go round, go sideways, grig, guddle, gurge,
   gyrate, gyration, gyre, heel, invent, jack, jacklight, jaunt, jig,
   joyride, keep alive, keep going, lift, loop, maelstrom, make up,
   mix up, mount, move, move over, muddle, narrate, net, oscillate,
   outing, pendulate, perpetuate, pickup, pirouette, pivot,
   pivot about, pivoting, plow, plunge, porpoise, produce, progress,
   prolong, protract, pull out, pull up, purl, push down, put about,
   rat race, recount, reel, reeling, regress, relate, retail,
   retrogress, revolution, revolve, revolving, ride, rise, roll,
   rolling, rotate, rotating, rotation, rotational motion, round, run,
   screw, seine, separate, shift, shred, shrimp, sideslip, sink, skid,
   soar, spin off, spin out, spinning, spiral, still-fish, stir,
   stream, stretch out, stunt, subside, surge, swim, swing,
   swing round, swinging, swirl, swirling, swivel, swiveling,
   tailspin, tell, torch, tour, travel, trawl, troll, trolling,
   trundling, turbination, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about,
   turn around, turn round, turn tail, turning, twirl, twirling,
   twist, undulate, unfold, veer, veer around, vibrate, volutation,
   volution, vortex, wamble, wane, weave, whale, wheel, wheel about,
   wheeling, whir, whirl, whirligig, whirling, whirlpool, whirlwind,
   wind, yaw

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

spin
     sponsored programs information network
     
     

[7] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

spin vi. equivalent to buzz. more common among c and unix
   programmers. see the discussion of `spinlock' under busy-wait.


see also:
buzz busy-wait 

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

spin
     
        equivalent to buzz.  more common among c and unix
        programmers.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
buzz c unix jargon file 

Spin >> S Words
Spin, definition of term: Spin
spin_pag1.html

Spin Out >> S Words
Spin Out, definition of term: Spin Out
spin+out_pag1.html

Spin Off >> S Words
Spin Off, definition of term: Spin Off
spin+off_pag1.html

Spin Doctor >> S Words
Spin Doctor, definition of term: Spin Doctor
spin+doctor_pag1.html

Spin The Bottle >> S Words
Spin The Bottle, definition of term: Spin The Bottle
spin+the+bottle_pag1.html

SPIN.com: Spin Magazine Online: All The Music That Rocks
...Magazine Features. *SpinHouse Live. *News. *. Spin 20. *The Interviews ... Photo Gallery. SPIN Year in Music Party. Picture of the Week. Nothing ... ..
http://www.spin.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:01 am

Spin Doctors
... ..
http://www.spindoctors.com/, score=97, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:48 pm

... ..
http://ojps.aip.org/spinweb/, score=95, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 9:49 pm

Spin - Formal Verification
...Spin NewsLetters. *. Spin Workshops. *. Downloading and installation. ... list@spinroot.com New releases of the Spin software are announced ... ..
http://netlib.bell-labs.com/netlib/spin/whatispin.html, score=95, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 6:38 am

SPiN AG - Chat Software, Spinchat Community, Guestbook Service
...SPiN bietet leistungsfähige Chat und Chat Community Lösungen, ein ... ..
http://www.spin.de/, score=93, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:21 pm

Page 1 2 3 Next