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73 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• spin v. (Ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• spin v. (Transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
• spin v. (Figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something…
• spin v. (Cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
• spin v. (Cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
• spin v. (Cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar.
• spin v. To form (A web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent…
• spin v. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against…
• spin v. To move swiftly.
• spin v. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
• spin v. (Computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
• spin v. (Transitive, informal) To play (Vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
• spin v. (Cycling, intransitive).
• spin v. (UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
• spin n. Rapid circular motion.
• spin n. (Physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
• spin n. (Countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise…
• spin n. (Sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
• spin n. (Aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing, and rolling…
• spin n. (Mechanical engineering) An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the rotating…
• spin n. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
• spin n. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
• spin n. A single play of a record by a radio station.
• spin n. (UK, prison slang) A search of a prisoner’s cell for forbidden articles.
• spin n. (Dated) An unmarried woman; a spinster.
• spin n. (Uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
• spin n. (Nautical) Short for spinnaker.
• spin n. (Informal, used among autistic people) Special interest of an autistic person.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Faroese
  • spin n. Sperm.
• Finnish
  • spin n. (Physics) spin.
• Friulian
  • spin n. Thorn bush.
• Garo
  • spin n. Sesame.
• Hungarian - Polish
  • spin n. (Physics) spin (quantum angular momentum).
• Middle english
  • spin n. Alternative form of spyne.
• Polish
  • spin n. Genitive plural of spina.
• Romanian
  • spin n. Thorn.
  • Spin prop.n. A surname.
• Scots
  • spin n. (South Scots) Alternative form of spuin.
• West frisian
  • spin n. Spider.

— English words, defined in German —

• spin V. Spinnen.
• spin V. Schnell drehen.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• spin w. Ergatief tollen, (snel) draaien.
• spin w. Overgankelijk spinnen (van draden).
• spin n. Draaibeweging, spin.

— English words, defined in French —

• spin v. Filer la laine, tordre la laine pour en faire un fil.
• spin v. Tournoyer, pivoter rapidement.
• spin v. (Astronautique) Gyrer.
• spin n. Pirouette, tour complet.
• spin n. (Physique) Spin.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• spin s. Giro, vuelta, rotación.
• spin s. Física. Espín.
• spin v. Girar, rotar.
• spin v. Hilar, tejer.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• spin s. Giro, volta.
• spin s. (Física) spin.
• spin v. Girar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• spin s. Rotazione.
• spin s. (Fisica) (chimica) spin.

— In German —

• Spin S. Physik: Eigendrehimpuls von Elementarteilchen.
• Spin S. Sport: Drehimpuls, der einem Ball beim Schlag oder Stoß durch…

— In Dutch —

• spin n. (Spinachtigen) geleedpotig dier met acht poten uit de orde…
• spin n. (Gereedschap) snelbinder met vier of meer van een haak voorziene armen.
• spin n. (Techniek) kruisvormige constructie bij windmolens voor het…
• spin n. (Natuurkunde) snelle, draaiende beweging om een as.
• spin n. (Dans) bepaalde draaiende figuur bij het dansen.
• spin w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van spinnen.
• spin w. Gebiedende wijs van spinnen.
• spin w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van spinnen.

— In French —

• spin n.m. (Physique) Propriété quantique intrinsèque associée à chaque…
• spin n.m. (Psychologie) Forme de propagande qui consiste à donner…

— In Portuguese —

• spin s. (Estrangeirismo e Física) giro (rotação de partícula atômica).
• spin s. (Estrangeirismo e Desporto) (Tênis) giro (rotação de bola…

— In Italian —

• spin s. (Forestierismo) (chimica) (fisica) (meccanica) momento angolare…

217 English words from 39 English definitions

abnormal against air aircraft also Alternative among and angular angular␣momentum another articles associated as␣to autistic Aviation ball bearing bearings becomes bending bias bicycle bounces bouncing bowler brief buckling bundle bush cell circular class cocoon comment completely Computing condition Cooking Countable creates Cricket current Cycling Dated describe direction disc disc␣jockey enforcement engineering Ergative especially etc exercise exercise␣bicycle extrusion face favourable fibers Figurative filaments flies flight for forbidden form from Genitive give gym gyrate hollow informal intended interest interpret interpretation into intransitive introduce issue jet jockey journal journal␣bearings law law␣enforcement loop made magnetic magnetic␣moment make malleable mass material Mechanical Mechanical␣engineering metal moment momentum motion move movement move␣sideways Nautical of␣a of␣an one on␣the opinion otherwise part partially particles people person Physics pitch pitching play pleasure plural present pressing prison prisoner produced programming quantum quickly radio radio␣station Rapid rapidly record records revolve ribbons rolling rotate rotating Rotation Scots search seizes Sesame shape sheet sheet␣metal Short Short␣for sideways silk simultaneously single slang slant small so␣as so␣as␣to some something South Special Special␣interest Sperm Spider spin spina spinnaker spinster Sports spun stalled station strands stream strips subatomic subatomic␣particles sugar surname swiftly the thin Thorn thread threads through together to␣the transitive transparent trip true twisting uncountable unmarried until use used usually vehicle Vinyl Vinyl␣records viscid wait web when where which winding with woman yarn yawing

31 English words from 34 foreign definitions

Ball bola Dans der dier donner een faire fil Filer Forme giro het Hilar laine meer met momento orde Physique Pirouette pivoter pour Schlag Schnell spin Sport tour van vier volta

85 foreign words from 34 foreign definitions

acht angolare armen associée Astronautique beim bepaalde beweging bij chaque chimica complet consiste constructie dansen Desporto Draaibeweging draaien draaiende draden drehen Drehimpuls durch Eerste Eerste␣persoon einem Elementarteilchen enkelvoud Ergatief Espín Estrangeirismo figuur fisica Forestierismo Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs geleedpotig Gereedschap Girar Gyrer haak intrinsèque inversie meccanica momento␣angolare Natuurkunde oder Overgankelijk partícula persoon Physik poten propagande Propriété Psychologie quantique qui rapidement rotação rotación rotar Rotazione snel snelbinder snelle Spinachtigen spinnen Stoß Stoß␣durch Techniek tegenwoordige␣tijd tejer Tênis tijd tollen tordre Tournoyer tweede tweede␣persoon uit von voor vuelta wijs windmolens

575 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

spina spine sping spink Spink Spino spino- spins spiny spinae spinal spinar spined spinel Spiner spines spinet Spingo spings spinks Spinks spinny spinon spinor Spinos spinto spinup spin␣up spinach spinage SPINA-GR SPINA-GT Spinale spinals spinars spinate spinbox spindel spindle spindly spindom spin-dry spinels spinely Spiners spinets spinful spin␣ice spinier spinies +525 words

488 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

aspins aspiny C-spine Espina Espino Espins L-spine Ospina T-spine US␣pint U.S.␣pint C-spined C-spines cusping Despina despine despins de-spins Espinal Espinas espinel Espinos gasping hasping hispine Laspina lisping L-spines mispins Ospinas rasping respins risping T-spines unspins unspiny US␣pints U.S.␣pints vespine wasping wisping Aspinall aspinose aspinous barspins bar␣spins bispinor clasping crespine Crespins +438 words

58 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

aspin Espin I-spin bespin despin de-spin mispin respin unspin barspin bar␣spin biospin claspin Crespin Crispin isospin leg␣spin offspin off-spin off␣spin outspin prespin topspin antispin backspin cytospin flat␣spin forespin freespin free␣spin headspin Jesus␣pin overspin sidespin tailspin clevis␣pin interspin macrospin microspin multispin quasispin superspin underspin wheelspin wrist␣spin bottomspin clothespin finger␣spin pseudospin yo-yo␣despin yo-yo␣de-spin +7 words

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

pin PIN SPI

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

iPS IPs IPS nip Nip NIP nips Nips NIPs

9 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Insp nips Nips NIPs NPIs pins PINs PSNI snip

56 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aspin epsin Espin INFPs inspo INTPs IP␣SAN Ipsen I-spin nimps nipas Nipps nipsy NIRPS opsin pains Pains PAINs PAINS penis pinas piñas pines Pines pings Pings Pinis pinks Pinks Pinos Pinsk pints Pints p'ints pinus pions pirns pisan Pisan Prins psion Sinop snipe Snipe snips snipy Spain spina spine sping +6 words

40 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ins Ins INS in's ins. Ins. iPS IPs IPS isp Isp ISP nip Nip NIP nis NIS Niš NPI NPs NPS NSI pin PIN pis PIs PNs PNS psi PSI PSN sin Sin SIN sip SIP SNP SPI spn SPN

21 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

I-pin sain Sain sein shin Shin skin span Span SPAN spic spie spik spim SPIs spit SPIT spiv spun sq␣in sq.␣in.

8 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

pin PIN sin Sin SIN SPI spn SPN

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

Spain

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