{
    "term": "spin",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "spin",
            "heSheIt": "spins"
        },
        "pastSimple": "spun",
        "pastParticiple": "spun",
        "ingForm": "spinning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to turn round and round quickly; to make something do this",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)spin round/aroundspin something (round/around)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The plane was spinning out of control.",
                    "contextForm": "(+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a spinning ice skater"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My head is spinning *(= I feel as if my head is going round and I can't balance)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dancers spun round and round.",
                    "contextForm": "spin round/around"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to spin a ball/coin/wheel",
                    "contextForm": "spin something (round/around)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We placed our bets and the croupier spun the roulette wheel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The blade spins very fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The car spun out of control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dinghy spun like a top and a huge wave came at me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wheel can now spin freely."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their questions made my head spin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jo spun the chair round."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spun the roulette wheel one last time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Earth spins around a central axis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They spun a coin to see who should go first."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "rapidly"],
                "verb + spin": ["begin to", "start to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "make somebody’s head spin",
                    "spin like a top",
                    "spin on its axis"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to turn round quickly once; to make somebody do this",
            "sensetop": "spin (somebody) round/around+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He spun around to face her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spun on her heel and walked out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Spin your partner around."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spun round to see him grinning at her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spun the child roughly around."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["fast", "quickly", "rapidly"],
                "verb + spin": ["begin to", "start to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "make somebody’s head spin",
                    "spin like a top",
                    "spin on its axis"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make thread from wool, cotton, silk, etc. by twisting it",
            "sensetop": "spin somethingspin A into Bspin B from A",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She sat by the window spinning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to spin and knit wool",
                    "contextForm": "spin something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "spinning silk into thread",
                    "contextForm": "spin A into B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "spinning thread from silk",
                    "contextForm": "spin B from A"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to produce thread from its body to make a web or cocoon",
            "sensetop": "spin something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a spider spinning a web"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A silkworm spins a cocoon that can yield 800 metres of pure silk."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to drive or travel quickly",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They went spinning along the roads on their bikes."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to remove the water from clothes that have just been washed, in a spin dryer",
            "sensetop": "spin something",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to present information or a situation in a particular way, especially one that makes you or your ideas seem good",
            "sensetop": "spin something (as something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as ‘almost as good as an outright win’."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "your head feels as though it is going round and round and you cannot balance, especially because you are ill or confused or have had a shock; to make you feel like this",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her head was spinning from the pain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His theories on economics are enough to make your head spin."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to make somebody believe a long story that is not true",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He turned on his heel and marched away angrily."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪn/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spin__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪnz/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spins__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spʌn/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spun__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spinning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪn/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spin__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɪnz/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spins__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spʌn/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spun__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sp/spin/spinning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English spinnan ‘draw out and twist (fibre)’; related to German spinnen. The noun dates from the mid 19th cent."
}