spindle /ˈspɪndəl/noun 17verb 3forms 3 noun17 •A rod used for spinning and then winding 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.Anna Pavlovna’s soirée was now in full swing. On all sides the spindles were humming away non-stop. — 2005 •A rod which turns, or on which something turns.; the top one is acted on by the spindle and disc d, moved by the lever e — 1847 •A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool. •The axle of a bottom bracket.Check ball bearings for pitting, cracks, disorderly conduct; cups and cones for uneven wear; spindle for straightness. — 1972 •The fusee of a watch. •A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis. •An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering. •A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack. •A muscle spindle. •A sleep spindle. •Certain species within the genus Euonymus, historically used to manufacture spindles for wool spinning. •A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. •Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus. •Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb. •Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus. •A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. •A dragonfly. verb3 •To make into a long tapered shape. •To impale on a device for holding paper documents.Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document. •To take on a long tapered shape. formsspindled · spindling · spindles
