Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?
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Spinning
//ˈspɪnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "spinning" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesderived
16 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- предене noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝpinado noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Finnish
2 entries- kehruu noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
- kehrääminen noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
French
1 entries- filer noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Greek
1 entries- νηματοποίηση noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Hebrew
1 entries- טְוִיָּה noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Irish
1 entries- sníomh noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Japanese
1 entries- 紡績 noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Middle English
1 entries- spynnynge noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Polish
1 entries- przędzenie noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Portuguese
1 entries- fiação noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Romanian
1 entries- toarce noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- snìomh noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Spanish
1 entries- hilatura noun (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I'd still be spinning my wheels if I hadn't gotten that scholarship.
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I don't know how to operate a spinning wheel.
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A big spider was spinning a web.
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