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Adjective spinning has 1 sense

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

spinning - creating thread
--₁ is a kind of handicraft

Derived form: verb spin₆

Verb spin has 8 senses

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
spin, spin out - prolong or extend; "spin out a visit"
--₈ is one way to prolong, protract, extend, draw out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s