spun
Rotated on axis
Spun is the past tense and past participle of spin.
Thread is spun from fiber, a story is spun from imagination, and a car spun out on ice.
Something spun moves in circles or rotates: The dancer spun across the stage.
Spun sugar is stretched into fine threads.
In slang, spun describes someone strung out on methamphetamine—wired, sleepless, erratic.
Plant-based digestive aid
- threadFiber for stitching
- woolSheared animal fiber
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- handspunFiber spun manually
bobbin · distaff · roving · ply · twist · loom · weaving · knitting
Web-spinning arachnid
- cobwebAbandoned spider silk
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- orb-weaverSpider building circular webs
trap · ensnare · entangle · filament · intricate · delicate · sticky · prey
Rotated rapidly once
- whirledRotated with speed
- revolvedTurned on an axis
- turnedRotated or changed direction
- pivotedTurned on axis
swiveled · gyrated · swirled · spiraled · circled · pirouetted · rotated · twisted
Sensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- woozyDizzy and confused
- reelingUnsteady from shock
unsteady · giddy · whirling · faint · queasy · nauseous · swaying · staggering
Biased information for influence
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- distortionTwisting from original state
manipulation · mythmaking · exaggeration · hyperbole · framing · messaging · rhetoric · slant
fiber
Plant-based digestive aid
handspun · bobbin · distaff · roving · ply · twist · loom · weaving · knitting · crochet
spider
Web-spinning arachnid
orb-weaver · trap · ensnare · entangle · filament · intricate · delicate · sticky · prey · arachnid
twirled
Rotated rapidly once
pivoted · swiveled · gyrated · swirled · spiraled · circled · pirouetted · rotated · twisted · coiled
vertigo
Sensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- woozyDizzy and confused
reeling · unsteady · giddy · whirling · faint · queasy · nauseous · swaying · staggering · wobbly
propaganda
Biased information for influence
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
distortion · manipulation · mythmaking · exaggeration · hyperbole · framing · messaging · rhetoric · slant · angle
spunstill
Unmoving, or continuing
stationary · motionless · stopped · static · unmoving
spununspun
Not yet twisted into thread
factual · straightforward · unvarnished · objective · honest
- spun offSeparated into independent operation
- spun outLost vehicular control rotating
- spun a taleNarrated an invented story
- spun sugarHeated candy drawn thin
- spun around
- spun upAccelerated to operating speed
spin, spinning, spins, spinner, spindle, spindly, spinster, spin-off, spinney