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(n)
(figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
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(v)
(intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado.
(Internet slang, LGBTQ) A girl of boyish appearance.
(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
A twisting force.
(adj)
Having many twists
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(ambitransitive, idiomatic) To prolong; to make longer (in time).
To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
Any rotating movement; a spin.
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
(intransitive) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.
(figuratively, by extension) Something or someone having a paramount significance in a certain situation.
An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.
(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
To form or create with concerted effort.
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
(physics) Exhibiting paramagnetism.
(ambitransitive) To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.
A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.
Having undergone rotation about an axis.
(physical) Of shape:
undergoing physical rotation
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
(chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.
(intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
A picture, likeness, diagram or representation, usually drawn on paper.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
(intransitive) To ride on a swing.
(transitive) To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
A lessening of performance or achievement.
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
(geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
The amount of money taken as sales transacted in a given period.
To move swiftly.
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Quantity.
(Physical movement.) (intransitive) To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).
A movement to do something, a beginning.
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
To design a new process or mechanism.
The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
A misrepresentation of the truth.
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
(chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.
To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
Someone or something which selects or chooses.
The process or act of selecting.
(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.
A surname.
(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
made stable or firm
A circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
(ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.
(dialectal) Hard; difficult.
(oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The curved path of one object around a point or another body.
A device that is spun in games to choose a number or symbol.
Rapid circular motion.
Capable of being spun (in various senses).
The motion of something that spins.
(N)
the third studio album recorded by American R&B group The Spinners, produced by Thom Bell and released in March 1973 on the Atlantic label.
A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
Revolving, rotating, turning rapidly.
A slope; an incline, inclination.
(countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.
The act by which something is cranked.
An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.