Spinning

//ˈspɪnɪŋ//

Synonyms for "spinning" (37 found)

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Translations

15 translations across 14 languages.

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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.

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Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?

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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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.