spinning

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The process of making fibrous material into yarn or thread.
• noun The act of fishing with a light rod and a reel having a bail or similar device that guides the line around a stationary spool and that can be disengaged to let the line run freely, as when casting.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of one who spins.
• noun The process of giving shape to vessels of thin metal by means of a turning-lathe.
• noun In angling, fishing with a spinner. See spinner, 1 .
• noun The operation of running off a part of the water on the top of the charge in an amalgamating-mill.
• noun The operation of molding metals such as silver, etc., while they are rapidly revolving (‘spinning’), in a manner similar to the molding of wet clay, into pitchers, vases, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• a. & n. from spin.
• (Zoöl.) one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larvæ.
• formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning.
• (Mach.) an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously.
• (Zoöl.) the red spider.
• a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• adjective Rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling.
• noun The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
• noun Indoor cycling.
• verb Present participle of spin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun creating thread