spindle
To make into a long tapered shapeTo make into a long tapered shape.
» This good woman had never heard of the King's orders against spindles.
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3 senses(transitive)To make into a long tapered shape.
(intransitive)To take on a long tapered shape.
(transitive)To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document.
Examples
1 sentencesThis good woman had never heard of the King's orders against spindles.
Origin
From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteraFrom Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel (“spindle”).
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Forms
spindles, spindling, spindled, spindledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle