spinning round
1round — I [[t]ra͟ʊnd[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦♦ (Round is an adverb and preposition that has the same meanings as around . Round is often used with verbs of movement, such as walk and drive , and also in phrasal verbs such as get round and hand… …
2Spinning (textiles) — Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic fibers are twisted together to form yarn (or thread, rope, or cable). For thousands of years, fiber was spun by hand using simple tools, the spindle and distaff. Only in the… …
3Round Up (amusement ride) — * For other uses of the phrase Round Up see Round Up (disambiguation) Round Up is an amusement ride consisting of a circular horizontal platform with vertical cage like wall around the edge. The platform is attached to a motor on a hydraulic arm …
4Spinning wheel — For the computer animation commonly found on the Internet, see Spinning wheel (animation). For the Blood, Sweat Tears song, see Spinning Wheel (song). Irish spinning wheel around 1900 Library of Congress collection A spinning wheel is a device… …
5Spinning wheel — Wheel Wheel (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe[ o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]218. Cf. {Cycle}, {Cyclopedia}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A circular… …
6spinning wheel — UK [ˈspɪnɪŋ ˌwiːl] / US [ˈspɪnɪŋ ˌwɪl] / US [ˈspɪnɪŋ ˌhwɪl] noun [countable] Word forms spinning wheel : singular spinning wheel plural spinning wheels a piece of equipment used in the past for making thread from wool or cotton. It has a large… …
7Spinning — Spin Spin (sp[i^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic 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. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t.,… …
8spinning wheel — spin|ning wheel [ spınıŋ ,wil, spınıŋ ,hwil ] noun count a piece of equipment used in the past for making THREAD from wool or cotton. It has a large wheel that spins round …
9spin round — phrasal verb spin round or spin around Word forms spin round : he/she/it spins round present participle spinning round past tense spun round past participle spun round British 1) [intransitive/transitive] same as spin I, 1), c) She spun round to… …
10turning round — spinning, rotating …
