spin
Base form
spin
/spɪn/
Past simple
spun
/spʌn/
Past participle
spun
/spʌn/
MeaningC1
to turn round and round quickly
to spin wool into yarn
In use
- Question · Form 1Can you spin a basketball on one finger?
- Imperative · Form 1Spin the wheel and see where it stops.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the car spun off the icy road into a field.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night my head spun after three rides on the roller coaster.
- Present perfect · Form 3The spider has spun a web across the window.
- Passive · Form 3This wool was spun by hand in a small village.
Watch out
Spun for both forms: the car spun off the road. Spinned and spunned are wrong.
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