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spooled down

spooled down is the simple past and past participle of spool down.

Meaning of spool down

Verb

spool down (third-person singular simple present spools down, present participle spooling down, simple past and past participle spooled down)

  1. To decrease in rotational speed, producing a decrease in thrust.
    • All ground personnel MUST be made aware that big jet engines take a considerable time to spool down. We don't want any more mechanics getting sucked in or catapulted across the apron.

Questions about spooled down

What is spooled down the simple past and past participle of?
Spooled down is the simple past and past participle of spool down.

Words near spooled down in the dictionary

  1. spool up
  2. spool-and-line
  3. spoolable
  4. spooldown
  5. spooled
  6. spooled down
  7. spooled out
  8. spooled up
  9. spooler
  10. spoolers
  11. spoolful

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