SPIN, v.t. pret. and pp. spun. Span is not used. [If the sense is to draw out or extend, this coincides in origin with span.] 1. To draw out and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton or flax; to spin goats' hair. All the yarn which Penelope spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca with moths.2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process of be degrees; with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.3. To extend to a great length; as, to spin out a subject.4. To draw out; to protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in the idleness By one delay after another, they spin out their whole lives.5. To whirl with a thread; to turn or cause to whirl; as, to spin a top.6. To draw out from the stomach in a filament; as, a spider spins a web. |
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