misspinning
misspinning is the present participle and gerund of misspin.
Meaning of misspin
Verb
misspin (third-person singular simple present misspins, present participle misspinning, simple past and past participle misspun)
- To spin badly (any sense)
- Were some ordained their lives in pits to spend, From infant years until their latter end, Nor see creation, hill nor dell nor grove, Their threads of life misspun, the web miswove, Without due knowledge, in their dark abode, Of fellow-man, far less the living God?1861, John Ritchie, The Sabbeth Bell. A Poem for the People, page 14
Questions about misspinning
- What is misspinning the present participle and gerund of?
- Misspinning is the present participle and gerund of misspin.
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