spin

verbB1 · Intermediate

To turn around and around quickly.

Meanings of «spin»

1 · verb

to turn around and around quickly

The wheels began to spin on the icy road.

2 · verb

to make thread by twisting fibres such as wool or cotton

My grandmother learned to spin wool by hand.

Similar: twist wind reel

Translation

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«spin» in 17 languages

AR العربية

AZ Azərbaycan

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ES Español

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FR Français

HI हिन्दी

ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

PT Português

RO Română

RU Русский

TH ไทย

TR Türkçe

UK Українська

UZ O‘zbek

VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

move around a point

turnthe everyday word for going roundThe wheel turns slowly.

spinturn around fast, many timesThe children spin until they feel dizzy.

rotateturn around its own centre; a technical wordThe earth rotates once every day.

revolvego in a circle around something elseThe earth revolves around the sun.

Verb forms

Base form (V1)spin

Past simple (V2)spun

Past participle (V3)spun

Base form (V1)
The wheel can spin very fast.

Past simple (V2)
The children spun around in the garden.

Past participle (V3)
The wheel has spun all day long.

Verbs that change the same way

win stick hang strike swing dig cling fling string sting

All irregular verbs →

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