1. The process of converting fibers into yarn or thread
   "The textile factory used modern spinning techniques"

1. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
   "The dervishes spin around and around without getting dizzy";
   - spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
    
2. Cause to spin
   "spin a coin";
   - whirl, birl [UK], twirl
    
3. Work natural fibers into a thread
   "spin silk"
    
4. Form a web by making a thread
   "spiders spin a fine web"
    
5. Stream in jets, of liquids
   "The creek spun its course through the woods"
    
6. Twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
   "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
    
7. Make up a story
   "spin a yarn"
    
8. Prolong or extend
   "spin out a visit";
   - spin out

Derived forms: spinnings

Type of: circumvolve, cook up [informal], craftwork, distort, draw out, extend, fabricate, go around, go round, handicraft, invent, lay out, make from scratch, make up, manufacture, present, prolong, protract, represent, revolve, rotate, stream, twine, twist, well out

Encyclopedia: Spinning