spin
Translation
to rotate, to twirl, to spin, to tell (a story)
Examples
The dancer can spin very fast.
The dancer can spin very fast.
She learned to spin wool into yarn.
She learnt to spin wool into yarn.
He tried to spin the story to his advantage.
He tried to spin the story to his advantage.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) to rotate (sth.) quickly The wheel began to spin.
((sth.)) to make thread by twisting fibres She can spin wool.
((sth.)) to tell a story, especially a long or imaginative one He spun a tale of adventure.
Similar Words
Synonyms: rotate, twirl, revolve
Etymology
From Old English 'spinnan', meaning 'to draw out and twist', from Proto-Germanic.
Memory Tips
Picture a spinning top rotating quickly, or a spider spinning a web.