Betekenis van spin In het Nederlands

• 0 to (cause to) turn around and around, especially fast:

  • The earth spins on its axis.

  • The roulette players silently watched the wheel spin around/round.

  • He was killed when his car hit a tree and spun off the road.

  • Spin the ball (= make it turn around and around as you throw it) and it will change direction when it hits the ground.

  • The room started spinning and I felt faint.

• 1 to make thread by twisting fibres , or to produce something using thread:

  • The final stage of the production of cotton is when it is spun into thread.

  • Spiders spin webs.

• 2 to tell a story, either to deceive someone or for entertainment:

  • He spun some tale about needing to take time off work because his mother was ill.

  • [ + two objects ] They spun us a story about being in desperate need of money.

• 3 (of a vehicle) to move quickly, or to move quickly in a vehicle:

  • We were spinning along, when suddenly one of our tyres burst.

  • Chris spun past in a flashy new car.

• 4 the movement of something turning round very quickly:

  • I hit something on the road, which sent the car into a spin.

  • Suddenly, the plane went into a spin.

  • These clothes need another spin (= to be turned round very fast in a machine to get water out of them) - they're still very wet.

  • She put a lot of spin on the ball (= threw or hit it in a way that made it spin).

• 5 a way of describing an idea or situation that makes it seem better than it really is, especially in politics:

  • They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.

  • This report puts a different spin on the issue.

• 6 a short journey in a car for pleasure:

  • Rupert took me for a spin in his new car.

• 7 to turn around and around, or to cause something or someone to turn:

  • [ I ] The earth spins on its axis.

  • [ I ] She heard footsteps behind her, and spun around to see who was there.

  • [ T ] The slight contact spun Joyce around.

• 8 to make thread by twisting fibers, or to produce something using thread:

  • Cotton is spun into thread.

  • Spiders spin webs.

• 9 a particular way of representing an event or situation to the public so that it will be understood in a way that you want it to be understood:

  • They tried to put a positive/negative spin on the story (= They tried to make it seem better or worse), but nobody was fooled.

  • To understand spin, he said, is to understand that you get your story told without getting your fingerprints on it.

• 10 a short trip taken for pleasure, usually in a car:

  • We went for a spin in Bill’s new car.

• 11 a fast turning movement:

  • [ C ] I hit a patch of ice in the road, which sent the car into a spin.