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(ergative) To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
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(transitive) To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
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(figurative) To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance.
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(cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch.
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(cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing.
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(cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
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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.
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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.
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To move swiftly.
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To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet.
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(computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true.
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(transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey.
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To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
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To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.
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(UK, law enforcement, slang, transitive) To search rapidly.
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(transitive) To draw out tediously; prolong.
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(fishing) To fish with a swivel or spoonbait.
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(archaic, transitive, slang) To reject at an examination; to fail (a student).