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spin down

spin down verb: to reduce its speed of rotation.

Verb

spin down (third-person singular simple present spins down, present participle spinning down, simple past and past participle spun down)

  1. To reduce its speed of rotation.
  2. (figuratively) To diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.
  3. (figuratively) To decline in resources or capability.
    • Link pointed out that the Fair program is restricted to people with CMV retinitis who are uninsured and not on Medicare or Medicaid. "Not very many people reach the point where they are suffering from CMV retinitis and haven't spun down onto Medicaid," said Link.1991 December 22, Jacob Smith Yang, quoting Derek Link, “Activists Fight Drug Profiteering”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 23, page 3
  4. (intransitive) To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.

Antonyms of spin down

Forms of spin down

third-person singular presentspins down
present participlespinning down
past participlespun down
pastspun down

Questions about spin down

What does spin down mean?
Spin down means to reduce its speed of rotation.
What part of speech is spin down?
Spin down is a verb.
What is the past tense of spin down?
The past tense of spin down is spun down.

Words near spin down in the dictionary

  1. spin doctor
  2. spin doctored
  3. spin doctoring
  4. spin doctorings
  5. spin doctors
  6. spin down
  7. spin drier
  8. spin driers
  9. spin drift
  10. spin dryer
  11. spin dryers

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