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{
"term": "spin",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "spin",
"heSheIt": "spins"
},
"pastSimple": "spun",
"pastParticiple": "spun",
"ingForm": "spinning"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this",
"sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)spin round/aroundspin something (round/around)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plane was spinning out of control.",
"contextForm": "(+ adv./prep.)"
},
{
"text": "a spinning ice skater"
},
{
"text": "My head is spinning *(= I feel as if my head is going round and I can't balance)*."
},
{
"text": "The dancers spun round and round.",
"contextForm": "spin round/around"
},
{
"text": "to spin a ball/coin/wheel",
"contextForm": "spin something (round/around)"
},
{
"text": "We placed our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel."
},
{
"text": "The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours."
},
{
"text": "The blade spins very fast."
},
{
"text": "The car spun out of control."
},
{
"text": "The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me."
},
{
"text": "The wheel can now spin freely."
},
{
"text": "Their questions made my head spin."
},
{
"text": "Jo spun the chair round."
},
{
"text": "She spun the roulette wheel one last time."
},
{
"text": "The Earth spins around a central axis."
},
{
"text": "They spun a coin to see who should go first."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "rapidly"],
"verb + spin": ["begin to", "start to"],
"phrases": [
"make somebody’s head spin",
"spin like a top",
"spin on its axis"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to turn round quickly once; to make somebody do this",
"sensetop": "spin (somebody) round/around+ adv./prep.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He spun around to face her."
},
{
"text": "She spun on her heel and walked out."
},
{
"text": "Spin your partner around."
},
{
"text": "She spun round to see him grinning at her."
},
{
"text": "He spun the child roughly around."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "rapidly"],
"verb + spin": ["begin to", "start to"],
"phrases": [
"make somebody’s head spin",
"spin like a top",
"spin on its axis"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it",
"sensetop": "spin somethingspin A into Bspin B from A",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She sat by the window spinning."
},
{
"text": "to spin and knit wool",
"contextForm": "spin something"
},
{
"text": "spinning silk into thread",
"contextForm": "spin A into B"
},
{
"text": "spinning thread from silk",
"contextForm": "spin B from A"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to produce thread from its body to make a web or cocoon",
"sensetop": "spin something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a spider spinning a web"
},
{
"text": "A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to drive or travel quickly",
"sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They went spinning along the roads on their bikes."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a spin dryer",
"sensetop": "spin something",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good",
"sensetop": "spin something (as something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as ‘almost as good as an outright win’."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "your head feels as though it is going round and round and you cannot balance, especially because you are ill or confused or have had a shock; to make you feel like this",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her head was spinning from the pain."
},
{
"text": "His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to try to make somebody believe a long story that is not true",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He turned on his heel and marched away angrily."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/spɪn/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spin__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/spɪnz/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spins__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/spʌn/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spun__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spinning__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/spɪn/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spin__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/spɪnz/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spins__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/spʌn/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spun__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspɪnɪŋ/",
"audio": "sp/spin/spinning__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent."
}