spindle

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

spindlesspindelspinnel

1.
(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.
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
the spindle of a vane
3.
A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
4.
(cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
5.
Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
6.
An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
check spindle
receipt spindle
7.
The fusee of a watch.
8.
Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
9.
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
10.
(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 Tibia; a spindle stromb.
12.
Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
13.
(biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
14.
(coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
15.
(computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
16.
A muscle spindle.
17.
A sleep spindle.

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verb

V_es/s

spindles

V_ing/Gerund

spindling

V_ed/pp

spindledspindel

1.
(transitive)To make into a long tapered shape.
2.
(intransitive)To take on a long tapered shape.
3.
(transitive)To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document.

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spindle treea tree from the Euonymus genus spindle tree

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (spindle), from *spinnilu (spindle), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with spindil, spinnell (spindle), spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), Spindel spindle, spindel spindle, spindel spindle.