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Definitions for Spindling

[1] long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so.
[2] growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright.
[3] a spindling person or thing.
[4] a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
[5] the rod on a spinning wheel by which the thread is twisted and on which it is wound.
[6] one of the rods of a spinning machine that bear the bobbins on which the spun thread is wound.
[7] any rod or pin suggestive of a spindle used in spinning, as one that turns around or on which something turns; an axle, axis, or shaft.
[8] a vertical shaft that serves to center a phonograph record on a turntable.
[9] either of two shafts or arbors that support the work on a lathe, one (live spindle) on the headstock, rotating with and imparting motion to the work, the other (dead spindle) on the tailstock, motionless.
[10] a small axis, arbor, or mandrel.
[11] an iron rod or the like, usually with a ball or cage at the top, fixed to a rock, sunken reef, etc., to serve as a guide in navigation.
[12] a measure of yarn, containing, for cotton, 15,120 yards (13,825 meters), and for linen, 14,400 yards (13,267 meters).
[13] a hydrometer.
[14] Cell Biology . a spindle-shaped structure, composed of microtubules, that forms near the cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis and, as it divides, draws the chromosomes to opposite poles of the cell.
[15] a short, turned or circular ornament, as in a baluster or stair rail.
[16] spindle file.
[17] Eastern New England . a tassel on an ear of corn.
[18] Chiefly New Jersey and Delaware Valley . dragonfly.
[19] spindle side.
[20] to give the form of a spindle to.
[21] to provide or equip with a spindle or spindles.
[22] to impale (a card or paper) on a spindle, as for sorting purposes.
[23] to shoot up, or grow, into a long, slender stalk or stem, as a plant.
[24] to grow tall and slender, often disproportionately so.
[25] long and slender, esp disproportionately so
[26] (of stalks, shoots, etc) becoming long and slender
[27] a spindling person or thing
[28] a rod or stick that has a notch in the top, used to draw out natural fibres for spinning into thread, and a long narrow body around which the thread is wound when spun
[29] one of the thin rods or pins bearing bobbins upon which spun thread is wound in a spinning wheel or machine
[30] any of various parts in the form of a rod, esp a rotating rod that acts as an axle, mandrel, or arbor
[31] a piece of wood that has been turned, such as a baluster or table leg
[32] a small square metal shaft that passes through the lock of a door and to which the door knobs or handles are fixed
[33] a measure of length of yarn equal to 18 hanks (15 120 yards) for cotton or 14 400 yards for linen
[34] biology a spindle-shaped structure formed by microtubules during mitosis or meiosis which draws the duplicated chromosomes apart as the cell divides
[35] a less common name for a hydrometer
[36] a tall pole with a marker at the top, fixed to an underwater obstruction as an aid to navigation
[37] a device consisting of a sharp upright spike on a pedestal on which bills, order forms, etc, are impaled
[38] short for spindle tree
[39] (tr) to form into a spindle or equip with spindles
[40] (intr) rare (of a plant, stem, shoot, etc) to grow rapidly and become elongated and thin

Words related to Spindling

awkward, bony, gangly, gawky, lanky, lumbering, rangy, skinny, spindly, tall, thin, leggy, long-legged

Words nearby Spindling

spindle tree, spindle-legged, spindleage, spindlelegs, spindleshanks, spindling, spindly, spindrift, spine, spine of scapula, spine-bashing

Origin of Spindling

ebefore 900; Middle English spindel (noun), Old English spin(e)l; see spin, -le; cognate with German Spindel

Other words from Spindling

spin·dle·like , adjective
mul·ti·spin·dled , adjective

Word origin for Spindling

eOld English spinel; related to spinnan to spin , Old Saxon spinnila spindle, Old High German spinnala

Synonyms for Spindling

awkward, bony, gangly, gawky, lanky, leggy, long-legged, long-limbed, lumbering, rangy, skinny, spindly, tall, thin