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bound

English

Alternative forms

  • bownd (archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ba?nd/
  • Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ?ebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ?ebunden respectively. See bind.

Verb

bound

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bind
    I bound the splint to my leg.
    I had bound the splint with duct tape.

Adjective

bound (not comparable)

  1. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
  2. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
  3. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
  4. (dated) Constipated; costive.
  5. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
  6. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
Antonyms
  • (logic: constrained by a quantifier): free
Hyponyms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bound, bownde, alternation (with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1 above) of Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (to prepare).

Adjective

bound (comparative more bound, superlative most bound)

  1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
  2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
    Which way are you bound?
    Is that message bound for me?
  3. (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
Derived terms
Related terms
  • bound to
  • I'll be bound
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (a bound, limit)

Noun

bound (plural bounds)

  1. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
    I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
    Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
  2. (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English bounden, from the noun (see above).

Verb

bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

  1. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
  2. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 5

From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise); perhaps from Late Latin bombit?re, present active infinitive of bombit? (hum, buzz), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (a humming or buzzing).

Noun

bound (plural bounds)

  1. A sizeable jump, great leap.
    The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
  2. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
  3. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
    the bound of a ball
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Derived terms
  • by leaps and bounds
Translations

Verb

bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

  1. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
    The rabbit bounded down the lane.
  2. (transitive) To cause to leap.
    to bound a horse
    • , Act V, Scene II, page 93:
      [] Or if I might buffet for my Loue, or bound my Hor?e for her fauours, I could lay on like a Butcher, and fit like a Iack an Apes, neuer off.
  3. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
    a rubber ball bounds on the floor
  4. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
    to bound a ball on the floor
Derived terms
  • rebound
Translations

Anagrams

  • Dubon

Middle English

Noun

bound

  1. Alternative form of band

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spin

English

Etymology

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnan?. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp?n/
  • Rhymes: -?n

Verb

spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past and past participle spun or span)

  1. (ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
    I spun myself around a few times.
    Spin the ball on the floor.
    She spun around and gave him a big smile.
  2. (transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
    They spin the cotton into thread.
  3. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
  4. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
  5. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
  6. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
  7. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
  8. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
  9. To move swiftly.
    to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
  10. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
    Blood spins from a vein.
  11. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
  12. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
    • 2002, CMJ New Music Report (volume 70, number 12)
      However, for the past six years he has been spinning his novel blend of progressive house and trance music and is finally on the brink of becoming the next luminary DJ.
  13. (intransitive) To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
  14. An abnormal condition in journal bearings where the bearing seizes to the shaft that is rotating and rotates inside the journal, destroying both the shaft and the journal.
  15. (Britain, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
    • 2013, Nick Oldham, Psycho Alley
      But then again, unless someone struck lucky in those first few hours, there weren't even enough detectives to spin a drum [house].

Synonyms

  • (give something a favorable appearance): whitewash, sugarcoat, put lipstick on, gild, blandish, dress up

Hypernyms

  • revolve
  • rotate
  • turn

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • turn around

Noun

spin (countable and uncountable, plural spins)

  1. Rapid circular motion.
    The car went into a spin.
    The skaters demonstrated their spins.
    He put some spin on the cue ball.
  2. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.
    Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
    The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
    Synonym: propaganda
  4. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces.
  5. (aviation) A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion.
  6. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure.
  7. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments.
    • 1913, DH Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 1
      She left him alone, and went to get Annie a spin of toffee.
  8. A single play of a record by a radio station.
    • 1996, Billboard (volume 108, number 12, page 37)
      Although the Loveless title showed the smallest increase in airplay in the top 10, its number of detections outpaced the nearest bulleted title by more than 350 spins.
  9. (Britain, prison slang) A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles.
    • 2002, Jeffrey Archer, A Prison Diary
      Mr Weedon explains that this is a cell search - known by prisoners as a spin - and for obvious reasons it has to be carried out without any warning.
  10. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster.
    • 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "To Let" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 1, [2]
      Some years ago, when I was a slim young spin, I came out to India to live with my brother Tom []
  11. (uncountable) The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
  12. (nautical) Short for spinnaker.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, snip

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp?n/
  • Hyphenation: spin
  • Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spinne.

Noun

spin f (plural spinnen, diminutive spinnetje n)

  1. spider, member of the order Araneae
Derived terms
  • kruisspin
  • spinnekop
  • spinnendoder
  • spinnenweb
  • vogelspin
  • wolfsspin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) particle spin
Derived terms
  • kernspin

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (uncountable)

  1. political spin, media spin
Derived terms
  • spindoctor

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

spin

  1. first-person singular present indicative of spinnen
  2. imperative of spinnen

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spi?n/

Noun

spin n (genitive singular spins, uncountable)

  1. sperm

Declension

Synonyms

  • spina

Anagrams

  • nisp
  • pins

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spin.

Alternative forms

  • spinni

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?spin/, [?s?pin]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: spin

Noun

spin

  1. (physics) spin

Declension


French

Etymology

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) spin

Derived terms

  • spineur

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin sp?nus.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. thorn bush

Related terms

  • spine

Garo

Etymology

Cognate with Kokborok siping (sesame).

Noun

spin

  1. sesame

Hungarian

Etymology

From English spin.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

spin (plural spinek)

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)

Declension

References


Middle English

Noun

spin

  1. Alternative form of spyne

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp?in/

Etymology 1

From English spin.

Noun

spin m inan

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum)
Declension
Derived terms
  • (adjective) spinowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

spin f

  1. genitive plural of spina

Further reading

  • spin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • spin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English spin.

Noun

spin m (plural spins)

  1. (physics) spin (quantum angular momentum of subatomic particles)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin sp?nus, from sp?na, from Proto-Italic *spein?, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (sharp point). Compare Aromanian schin

Noun

spin m (plural spini)

  1. thorn

Declension

Synonyms

  • ghimpe, aculeu

Related terms

  • spinos

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sp?n/

Noun

spin (plural spins)

  1. (South Scots) Alternative form of spuin

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • espín

Etymology

Borrowed from English spin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es?pin/, [es?p?n]

Noun

spin m (plural spines)

  1. spin (clarification of this definition is needed)

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

spin c (plural spinnen, diminutive spintsje)

  1. spider

Further reading

  • “spin”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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