Commentary:
NOTE: May be used metaphorically
Examples:
My head is spinning.
He wrapped a coil of wire around a magnet and spun the magnet.
The washer spun in the same direction as the lower one.
And now her soul must come to terms with her death while the world
still spins around her.
She spun a coin.
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy.
Max observes the chaos that spins around him and mutters to himself.
I spun the plane into my first roll, sky, trees, fields, circling about me.
Mappings:
VerbNet: coil-9.6,roll-51.3.1,tingle-40.8.2
FrameNet: Cause_to_move_in_place,Moving_in_place,Perception_body
PropBank: spin.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
spin_around 1
Examples:
If by that time you haven't spun the straw into gold you shall die.
The citizen of Valley Center spins yarn on a foot-powered spinning wheel.
His granddaughter spun a yarn about the governor and a train.
He walks up walls and spins webs that are as strong as steel.
Then the lady on the phone spun a story about an uncle from Paris unexpectedly visiting.
Her fingers spun magic on the tabla and the music enthralled the audience.
First they spun lies.
Has he victimized, spun lies into truth, tricked the voters, or earned distrust?
Mappings:
VerbNet: build-26.1,performance-26.7-2-1
FrameNet: Processing_materials
PropBank: spin.03,spin.04
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5, 6
Examples:
The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing.
The local and national press have spun the story so many directions without checking facts.
People ignored it on purpose and spun the story to suit their own agendas.
Mappings:
VerbNet: performance-26.7-2-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Examples:
We spun out the last hour eating sandwiches at the shaded tables of a snack.
The left spun out the debate as long as it could.
I spun out the evening browsing Melton's collection of cookery books over coffee.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
spin_out 1
Examples:
The creek spun its course through the woods.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Examples:
Ron has spun the Nashville Cares Artrageous party every year since 1997.
The DJ spun the tunes and kept the party going.
I also spun the last show ever there with Dilated and Jurassic.
Over the last five years DJ Rap has spun the discs as much globally as nationally.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
Commentary: Includes: SPIN OFF
Examples:
The Star Trek series successfully spun-off a number of sequel feature films.
So this past summer, she spun off a company, with the support of investors.
I did NOT say that the iPod division should be spun off.
For foundations spun off by hospital sales, even billions go only so far.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: spin.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
spin_off 1