Spin vs. Rise
Spinverb
(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
Spinverb
(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
Spinverb
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
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To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
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To move sideways when bouncing.
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(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
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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.
Spinverb
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.
Spinverb
To move swiftly.
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To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
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To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
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To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
Spinnoun
Rapid circular motion.
Spinnoun
(physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
Spinnoun
A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
Spinnoun
(sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
Spinnoun
A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
Spinnoun
A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
Spinnoun
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
Spinnoun
A single play of a record by a radio station.
Spinnoun
(dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
Spinverb
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.
Spinverb
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.
Spinverb
To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
Spinverb
To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
Spinverb
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.
Spinverb
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.
Spinverb
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.
Spinverb
To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
Spinverb
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
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To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
Spinnoun
The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
Spinnoun
Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
Spinnoun
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.
Spinnoun
a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
Spinnoun
the act of rotating rapidly;
Spinnoun
a short drive in a car;
Spinnoun
rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
Spinnoun
a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion);
Spinverb
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis;
Spinverb
stream in jets, of liquids;
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cause to spin;
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make up a story;
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form a web by making a thread;
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work natural fibers into a thread;
Spinverb
twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation;
Spinverb
prolong or extend;
Riseverb
(intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
Riseverb
To move upwards.
Riseverb
To grow upward; to attain a certain height.
Riseverb
To slope upward.
Riseverb
(of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
Riseverb
To become erect; to assume an upright position.
Riseverb
To leave one's bed; to get up.
Riseverb
(figurative) To be resurrected.
Riseverb
(figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
Riseverb
(intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
Riseverb
To attain a higher status.
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Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
Riseverb
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
Riseverb
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
Riseverb
To begin; to develop.
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To develop.
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To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
Riseverb
(of a river) To have its source (in a particular place).
Riseverb
To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight.
Riseverb
To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
Riseverb
To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
Riseverb
(transitive) To go up; to ascend; to climb.
Riseverb
(transitive) To cause to go up or ascend.
Riseverb
(obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege.
Riseverb
To come; to offer itself.
Riseverb
To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
Risenoun
The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
Risenoun
The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
Risenoun
An increase (in a quantity, price, etc).
Risenoun
The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
Risenoun
An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US).
Risenoun
(Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
Risenoun
An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
Risenoun
(informal) An angry reaction.
Riseverb
To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: - (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
Riseverb
To ascend or float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
Riseverb
To have the aspect or the effect of rising.
Riseverb
To move upward under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
Riseverb
To appear above the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
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To increase in size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
Riseverb
To grow upward; to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
Riseverb
To become apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
Riseverb
To increase in power or fury; - said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
Riseverb
In various figurative senses.
Riseverb
To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
Riseverb
To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower.
Riseverb
To become of higher value; to increase in price.
Riseverb
To become excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
Riseverb
To ascend from the grave; to come to life.
Riseverb
To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
Riseverb
To have a beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
Riseverb
To become larger; to swell; - said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
Riseverb
To attain to a better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
Riseverb
To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report.
Riseverb
To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
Riseverb
To increase in intensity; - said of heat.
Riseverb
To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; - said of style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
Riseverb
To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
Riseverb
To tower up; to be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
Riseverb
To become louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
Riseverb
To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
Riseverb
To be lifted, or to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; - said of a form.
Riseverb
To slope upward; as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
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To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
Riseverb
To come; to offer itself.
Riseverb
To retire; to give up a siege.
Riseverb
To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Riseverb
To go up; to ascend; to climb; as, to rise a hill.
Riseverb
To cause to rise; as, to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water; to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it; to raise.
Risenoun
The act of rising, or the state of being risen.
Risenoun
The distance through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees; the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
Risenoun
Land which is somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
Risenoun
Spring; source; origin; as, the rise of a stream.
Risenoun
Appearance above the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
Risenoun
Increase; advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
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Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.
Risenoun
Elevation or ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
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The spring of a fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
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a growth in strength or number or importance
Risenoun
the act of changing location in an upward direction
Risenoun
an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
Risenoun
a movement upward;
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the amount a salary is increased;
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the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
Risenoun
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
Risenoun
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost;
Risenoun
an increase in cost;
Risenoun
increase in price or value;
Riseverb
move upward;
Riseverb
increase in value or to a higher point;
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rise to one's feet;
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rise up;
Riseverb
come to the surface
Riseverb
become more extreme;
Riseverb
come into existence; take on form or shape;
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be promoted, move to a better position
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go up or advance;
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get up and out of bed;
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rise in rank or status;
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increase in volume;
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become heartened or elated;
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exert oneself to meet a challenge;
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take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
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come up, of celestial bodies;
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return from the dead;
