"spinning" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-spinning.ogg Forms: spinnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spinning (countable and uncountable, plural spinnings)
  1. The motion of something that spins. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spinning-en-noun-KkFjAekf
  2. The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread): предене (predene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ŝpinado (Esperanto), kehruu (Finnish), kehrääminen (Finnish), filer (French), νηματοποίηση (nimatopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), טְוִיָּה (tviyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), sníomh [masculine] (Irish), 紡績 (bōseki) (alt: ぼうせき) (Japanese), spynnynge (Middle English), przędzenie [neuter] (Polish), fiação [masculine] (Portuguese), toarce (Romanian), snìomh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), hilatura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spinning-en-noun-gwKGNn8R Disambiguation of 'process of converting fibres into yarn or thread': 1 96 3
  3. Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Spinning
    Sense id: en-spinning-en-noun-3~JkZIky Disambiguation of Spinning: 12 24 35 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 39 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 19 51 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 21 53 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 23 49 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 22 51 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 20 48 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 21 42 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 7 25 50 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 24 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 22 54 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 14 19 38 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 23 46 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 23 48 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 24 49 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 8 23 49 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 24 48 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plate spinning, spinning bike, spinning teacups

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-spinning.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spinning
  1. present participle and gerund of spin Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: spin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈspɪnɪŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-spinning.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d0/En-us-spinning.ogg/En-us-spinning.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/En-us-spinning.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "spinning"
  ],
  "word": "spinning"
}

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