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Antonyms for spun

Grammar : Verb
Spell : spuhn
Phonetic Transcription : spÊŒn

Definition of spun

Origin :
  • Old English spinnan "draw out and twist fibers into thread," from Proto-Germanic *spenwanan (cf. Old Norse and Old Frisian spinna, Danish spinde, Dutch spinnen, Old High German spinnan, German spinnen, Gothic spinnan), from PIE *(s)pen- "stretch" (cf. Armenian henum "I weave;" Greek patos "garment, literally "that which is spun;" Lithuanian pinu "I plait, braid," spandau "I spin;" Middle Welsh cy-ffiniden "spider;" see span (v.)).
  • Sense of "to cause to turn rapidly" is from 1610s; meaning "revolve, turn around rapidly" first recorded 1660s. Meaning "attempt to influence reporters' minds after an event has taken place but before they have written about it" seems to have risen to popularity in the 1984 U.S. presidential campaign; e.g. spin doctor, first attested 1984. Spinning wheel is attested from c.1400; spinning-jenny is from 1783 (see jenny); invented by James Hargreaves c.1764-7, patented 1770.
  • verb go around, make go around
Example sentences :
  • The woman ancestor kitchen-gardened, spun, wove, and nourished the poultry.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The man took her by the shoulder, laughing still, and spun her up standing.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • It's the stuff that a thousand summer-girl stories have been spun out of.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • Lloyd clapped her hands and spun around the room like a top.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Again he yelled, and as he did so, he struck his heels upon the floor and spun around.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Suddenly she dropped the brush; it rattled and spun on the polished floor.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • She loved to spin, and no spider ever spun so fine a thread as she on her spinning wheel.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • The Mercutian spun half around with the force of the tearing bullet.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Besides this, a great many other descriptions are spun there.
  • Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
  • It may be sold by the spinner to the weaver or it may be woven in the mill in which it is spun.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous

Synonyms for spun

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