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Spindle

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Noun

a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
the rod on a spinning wheel by which the thread is twisted and on which it is wound.
one of the rods of a spinning machine that bear the bobbins on which the spun thread is wound.
any rod or pin suggestive of a spindle used in spinning, as one that turns around or on which something turns; an axle, axis, or shaft.
a vertical shaft that serves to center a phonograph record on a turntable.
either of two shafts or arbors that support the work on a lathe, one (live spindle) on the headstock, rotating with and imparting motion to the work, the other (dead spindle) on the tailstock, motionless.
a small axis, arbor, or mandrel.
an iron rod or the like, usually with a ball or cage at the top, fixed to a rock, sunken reef, etc., to serve as a guide in navigation.
a measure of yarn, containing, for cotton, 15,120 yards (13,825 m), and for linen, 14,400 yards (13,267 m).
a hydrometer.
Cell Biology . a spindle-shaped structure, composed of microtubules, that forms near the cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis and, as it divides, draws the chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell.
a short, turned or circular ornament, as in a baluster or stair rail.
spindle file.
Eastern New England . a tassel on an ear of corn.
Chiefly New Jersey and Delaware Valley . dragonfly.

Adjective

spindle side.

Verb (used with object)

to give the form of a spindle to.
to provide or equip with a spindle or spindles.
to impale (a card or paper) on a spindle, as for sorting purposes.

Verb (used without object)

to shoot up, or grow, into a long, slender stalk or stem, as a plant.
to grow tall and slender, often disproportionately so.

Synonyms

noun
axis , axle , baluster , mandrel , pin , pivot , rachis , rod , shaft , stalk , stem

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  • Spindle-legged

    ( used with a plural verb ) long, thin legs., ( used with a singular verb ) informal . a tall, thin person with such legs.
  • Spindle-shanked

    spindlelegs.
  • Spindle-shaped

    tapering at each end[syn: fusiform ], (bot.) thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.
  • Spindle legs

    ( used with a plural verb ) long, thin legs., ( used with a singular verb ) informal . a tall, thin person with such legs.
  • Spindle shanks

    spindlelegs.
  • Spindling

    long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so., growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright., a spindling...
  • Spindly

    long or tall, thin, and usually frail, adjective, the colt wobbled on its spindly legs ., gangly , lanky , rangy , spindling , elongated , frail , lank...
  • Spindrift

    spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
  • Spine

    the spinal or vertebral column; backbone., any backbonelike part., a stiff, pointed process or appendage on an animal, as a quill of a porcupine, or a...
  • Spined

    the spinal or vertebral column; backbone., any backbonelike part., a stiff, pointed process or appendage on an animal, as a quill of a porcupine, or a...
  • Spinel

    any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and...
  • Spineless

    having no spines or quills., having no spine or backbone., having a weak spine; limp., without moral force, resolution, or courage; feeble, adjective,...
  • Spinelessness

    having no spines or quills., having no spine or backbone., having a weak spine; limp., without moral force, resolution, or courage; feeble, a spineless...
  • Spinet

    a small upright piano., a small, square piano., any of various small harpsichords., also called spinet organ. a small electric organ.
  • Spininess

    abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant., covered with or having sharp-pointed processes, as an animal., in the form of a spine; resembling a...
  • Spinnaker

    a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
  • Spinner

    a person or thing that spins., angling . a lure, as a spoon bait, that revolves in the water in trolling and casting., also called spinner play. football...
  • Spinneret

    an organ or part by means of which a spider, insect larva, or the like spins a silky thread for its web or cocoon., a metal plate or cup with tiny holes...
  • Spinney

    a small wood or thicket.
  • Spinning

    textiles ., entomology . the act or process of secreting and placing silk or silklike filaments, as in the construction of a web by a spider or the formation...
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