engelska-holländska översättning av spin

spinnenMijnheer de Voorzitter, mijnheer de fungerend voorzitter van de Raad, ik vind het jammer dat premier Blair kennelijk liever gaat ‘spinnen’ tegen journalisten dan dat hij naar dit hele debat luistert. Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, I regret that Prime Minister Blair has seen fit to go and spin to journalists rather than listen to this whole debate.
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To rotate, revolve, gyrate ; to partially or completely rotate to face another direction
To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together
To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance
To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch
To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar
To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe
To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet
To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true
To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class
Rapid circular motion
A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment
Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces
A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure
A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments
A single play of a record by a radio station
A search of a prisoner's cell for forbidden articles
Unmarried woman, spinster
The use of an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class

I spun myself around a few times.
Spin the ball on the floor.
She spun around and gave him a big smile.
They spin the cotton into thread.
to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
Blood spins from a vein.
The car went into a spin
The skaters demonstrated their spins
He put some spin on the cue ball.
Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures.
The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts.
Im off out for a spin in my new sports car.

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