respinning
respinning is the present participle and gerund of respin.
Meaning of respin
Verb
respin (third-person singular simple present respins, present participle respinning, simple past and past participle respun)
- To spin again.
- But was not that the cobweb which she had wrecked? Had she without knowing turned back, or was it another web? Calmly, and again undismayed, the spider was industriously respinning in repair.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 288
- To tell a story in a new way.
- Even the Plastic People's weathered, been-through-hell aging-radical looks can be respun as romantic now that their revolution has safely succeeded.1999 March 12, Monica Kendrick, “Prague Rock”, in Chicago Reader
Noun
respinning (plural respinnings)
- An act of spinning again.
Forms of respinning
| plural | respinnings |
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Questions about respinning
- What does respinning mean?
- Respinning means an act of spinning again.
- What is respinning the present participle and gerund of?
- Respinning is the present participle and gerund of respin.
- What part of speech is respinning?
- Respinning is a noun.
- What is the plural of respinning?
- The plural of respinning is respinnings.
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