Spin synonyms
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To spin or turn around a center or axis; rotate
To sit on or in and control so as to move along
steady (antonym)
Steady means to make firm or unchanging.
twist into shape
To make by spinning
To rotate or revolve briskly; swing in a circle; spin:
turn (related)
A momentary shock or scare:
form (related)
To make or fashion by shaping:
whirl (related)
To turn rapidly, changing direction; wheel:
(Scot.) To spin with a whirring sound
To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
To move in a spiral or spirallike course.
A spiral oceanic surface current driven primarily by the global wind system and constrained by the continents surrounding the three ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian). Each ocean basin has a large gyre in the subtropical region, centered around 30° north and south latitude. Smaller gyres occur at 50° north latitude in the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The direction of a gyre's rotation is determined by the prevailing winds in the region, with the large subtropical gyres rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
To supply a running commentary for (a documentary or performance, for example).
To swing or move regularly back and forth
pirouette
To execute a pirouette.
To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong:
(Ergative) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
To move in or form a spiral
To be arranged in a spiral, whorl, or twist.
immobility (antonym)
inactivity (antonym)
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
inaction (antonym)
Lack or absence of action.
stand (antonym)
(Mil.) To stand in formation at (reveille, retreat, etc.)
Also used with out: draw out
To make or become longer.
To depart to, or be at, a distance; especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:
(Intransitive) To become longer.
To play or relax in water:
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
long (related)
Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal:
repetition (related)
To petition again.
spin out
(Intransitive, idiomatic) to prolong, make longer (in time)
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
A journey made on such a path or route.
Something gyrate, as a whorl
To form (something) out of a fluid or plastic material:
Produce is defined as to create or bring into being.
To arrange, fashion, express, or devise (a plan, answer, etc.) in definite form
revolution (related)
A turning or rotational motion about an axis.
To move (physically).
To go round and round in a whirling motion:
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