[{"word":"spindle","phonetic":"/ˈspɪndəl/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈspɪndəl/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A rod which turns, or on which something turns.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"the spindle of a vane"},{"definition":"A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The fusee of a watch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["spindle tree"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To make into a long tapered shape.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To take on a long tapered shape.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To impale on a device for holding paper documents.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spindle"]}]