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spindle

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Synonyms: swindle, spindly, shindle, spinule, spidle

Antonyms: swindle, spindly, shindle, spinule, spidle

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q213761}} {{lb|en|spinning}} A [[rod]] used for [[spinning]] and then [[winding]] fibres (especially [[wool]]), usually consisting of a [[shaft]] and a circular [[whorl]] positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
  2. {{senseid|en|rod which turns or on which something turns}} A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
  3. {{senseid|en|Q2416476}} A rotary axis of a [[machine tool]] or [[power tool]].
  4. {{lb|en|bicycle part}} The [[axle]] of a [[bottom bracket]].
  5. {{senseid|en|woody plant of genus Euonymus}} Certain species within the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Euonymus|genus}}, [[historically]] used to [[manufacture]] spindles for [[wool]] [[spinning]].
  6. {{senseid|en|spike for papers}} An upright [[spike]] for holding paper documents by [[skewer|skewering]].
  7. {{senseid|en|fusee of a watch}} The [[fusee]] of a [[watch]].
  8. {{senseid|en|any long and slender stalk, Euonymus-like}} Any long and slender [[stalk]] resembling a spindle from {{taxfmt|Euonymus|genus}}.
  9. {{senseid|en|any of several units of measure for yarn}} A [[yarn]] [[measure]] containing, in [[cotton]] yarn, 15,120 yards; in [[linen]] yarn, 14,400 yards.
  10. {{lb|en|geometry}} A [[solid]] generated by the [[revolution]] of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or [[chord]].
  11. Any [[marine]] [[univalve]] [[shell]] of the genus {{taxlink|Tibia|genus|nomul=1}}; a {{vern|spindle stromb}}.
  12. Any marine [[gastropod]] with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called ''[[Fusus]]''.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make into a long [[tapered]] shape.
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To take on a long [[tapered]] shape.
  3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[impale]] on a device for holding paper documents.

Proper noun

  1. {{surname|en|from=nicknames}}.

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