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# spindle

noun (a spindle, spindles)

«spindle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A thin, pointed stick used in hand spinning to twist wool or other fibres into thread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#m1)
2. A rod or pin in a machine that turns round, or around which something turns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#m2)
3. (adjective form spindly) Long and thin, like spindly legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history, people spun yarn with a spindle before spinning wheels and mills. In the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, the princess pricks her finger on a spindle and falls asleep for a hundred years. In science and DT, a spindle is a turning part of a machine. A «spindle tree» is a hedgerow tree whose wood was used for spindles.

### Examples

- The princess pricked her finger on the spindle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x1)
- The woman twisted the wool onto her spindle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x2)
- The spinning wheel has a spindle that turns very fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x3)
- Spiders have long, spindly legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x4)
- The door handle fell off its spindle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x5)
- Before mills, all thread was made with a spindle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x6)
- This good woman had never heard of the King's proclamation against spindles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Adjective spindly (long and thin, weak-looking).

## In Jewish tradition

In history, people spun yarn with a spindle before spinning wheels and mills. In the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, the princess pricks her finger on a spindle and falls asleep for a hundred years. In science and DT, a spindle is a turning part of a machine. A «spindle tree» is a hedgerow tree whose wood was used for spindles.

### Examples

- She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. (Writings PRO.31.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spindle/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Adjective spindly (long and thin, weak-looking).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spindle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spindle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «spindle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/spindle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spindle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/spindle.html) on Mova free.