English vs. Spin

(US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.

Example: ‘You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.’;

(figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.

Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.

The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.

A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.

A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.

To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.

Example: ‘Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation.’; ‘Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing.’;

To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries

the people of England

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture;

Example: ‘English history’; ‘the English landed aristocracy’; ‘English literature’;

relating to England or its people or language.

the language of England, widely used in many varieties throughout the world.

the people of England.

spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards

Example: ‘put more English on the ball’;

(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.

Example: ‘I spun myself around a few times.’; ‘Spin the ball on the floor.’; ‘She spun around and gave him a big smile.’;

(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.

Example: ‘They spin the cotton into thread.’;

To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.

To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.

To move sideways when bouncing.

(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar

To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.

To move swiftly.

Example: ‘to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.’;

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.

Example: ‘Blood spins from a vein.’;

To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.

To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.

Rapid circular motion.

Example: ‘The car went into a spin.’; ‘The skaters demonstrated their spins.’; ‘He put some spin on the cue ball.’;

(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

Example: ‘Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.’; ‘The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.’;

(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.

A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.

A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.

Example: ‘I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car.’;

A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.

A single play of a record by a radio station.

(dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.

To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.

Example: ‘All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths.’;

To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; - with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.

Example: ‘Do you mean that story is tediously spun out?’;

To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.

Example: ‘By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives.’;

To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.

To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; - said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.

To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.

To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.

Example: ‘They neither know to spin, nor care to toll.’;

To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.

Example: ‘Round about him spun the landscape,Sky and forest reeled together.’; ‘With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head.’;

To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.

To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.

The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.

Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.

an interpretation of an event which is favorable to the interpreter or to the person s/he supports. A person whose task is to provide such interpretations for public relations purposes is called a spin doctor.

a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

the act of rotating rapidly;

Example: ‘he gave the crank a spin’; ‘it broke off after much twisting’;

a short drive in a car;

Example: ‘he took the new car for a spin’;

rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion);

Example: ‘the campaign put a favorable spin on the story’;

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;

Example: ‘The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy’;

stream in jets, of liquids;

Example: ‘The creek spun its course through the woods’;

cause to spin;

Example: ‘spin a coin’;

make up a story;

Example: ‘spin a yarn’;

form a web by making a thread;

Example: ‘spiders spin a fine web’;

work natural fibers into a thread;

Example: ‘spin silk’;

twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation;

Example: ‘The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrasing’;

prolong or extend;

Example: ‘spin out a visit’;