spindle

n.

1. 1. A rod or pin, tapered at one end and usually weighted at the other, on which fibers are spun by hand into thread and then wound.
   2. A similar rod or pin used for spinning on a spinning wheel.
   3. A pin or rod holding a bobbin or spool on which thread is wound on an automated spinning machine.
2. Any of various mechanical parts that revolve or serve as axes for larger revolving parts, as in a lock, axle, phonograph turntable, or lathe.
3. Any of various long thin stationary rods, as:
   1. A spike on which papers may be impaled.
   2. A baluster.
4. Biology. The spindle-shaped achromatic structure, composed of microtubules, along which the chromosomes are distributed in mitosis and meiosis.
5. Coastal New Jersey. See dragonfly. See Regional Note at dragonfly.

v., -dled, -dling, -dles.

v.tr.

1. To furnish or equip with a spindle or spindles.
2. To impale or perforate on a spindle: Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate this card.

v.intr.
To grow into a thin, elongated, or weak form.

[Middle English spindel, alteration of Old English spinel.]

n

Muscle, a fusiform body lying parallel to and between muscle fibers. It is composed of a conspicuously smaller modified muscle fiber that has its own motor end plate to cause it to contract and its own special sensory end organs (the flower spray ending and the anulospiral ending) that send information to the central nervous system regarding the state of contraction of the main muscle body.

spindle

1. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns, as the shaft to which a doorknob is attached.
2. On a lock mechanism, the bar connected with the knob or lever handle that passes through the hub of the lock or otherwise engages the mechanism to transmit the knob action to the bolt(s).
3. In woodworking, a short turned part as in a baluster.

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1. mitotic spindle; the fusiform figure occurring during metaphase of cell division, composed of microtubules radiating from the centrioles and connecting to the chromosomes at their centromeres.
2. muscle spindle.

• muscle s. — a mechanoreceptor found within a skeletal muscle; the muscle spindles are arranged in parallel with muscle fibers. They contain three to 10 small, striated muscle fibers (intrafusal fibers) contained within a capsule and supplied with specialized motor and sensory nerves. They respond to passive stretch of the muscle but cease to discharge if the muscle contracts isotonically, thus signalling muscle length. The muscle spindle is the receptor responsible for the stretch or myotatic reflex.
• s. wood, s. tree — euonymus europaea.

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Spindle

Dansk (Danish)
n. - spindel, tap, ten, tynd aksel, drejeaksel, målespindel
v. tr. - gøre lang og tynd
v. intr. - blive lang og tynd

Nederlands (Dutch)
spoel, iets spoelvormigs, chromosoomverdeling tijdens mitosis, uitloper (plant)

Français (French)
n. - fuseau, broche
v. tr. - empaler, perforer (un fuseau)
v. intr. - s'allonger, s'effiler, s'affaiblir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spindel
v. - aufschießen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδράχτι, άτρακτος, άξονας, (καθομ.) λεπτός άνθρωπος ή πράγμα
v. - αναπτύσσομαι/ψηλώνω σαν άτρακτος

Italiano (Italian)
fuso, rocchetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fuso (m), eixo (m)
v. - alongar-se

Русский (Russian)
веретено, мера пряжи, длинный и худой человек, ось, вал, шпиндель, стержень, насаживать, накалывать, вытягиваться, давать длинный стебель

Español (Spanish)
n. - huso, eje, mandril, vástago
v. tr. - dar el formato de huso o eje, proveer o equipar con un eje
v. intr. - crecer desproporcionadamente, hacerse un tallo alto y delgado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spindel, axel, slända, spolten, spole, rulle, medulla spinalis
v. - att bli lång och tunn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
纱锭, 轴, 纺锤, 装锭子于, 变细长

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紗錠, 軸, 紡錘
v. tr. - 裝錠子於
v. intr. - 變細長

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (물레의) 가락, 실 척도의 단위, 탁상용 서류 꽂이
v. tr. - 방추형으로 하다, ~에 북을 달다, (서류 꽂이에) 꽂다
v. intr. - (식물이) 가늘고 길게 자라다, 긴 줄기가 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 錘, 紡錘, 軸

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مغزل, عمود محور دوران (فعل) استطال كالمغزل, يحفظ أوراق بخزقها على مسمار طويل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כישור, כוש, פלך, ציר, סרן, מוט קצר בצורת כישור למעקה/רגלי כסא‬
v. tr. - ‮צייד בצירים, עיצב בצורת ציר‬
v. intr. - ‮היה בעל צורה דקה וארוכה, נעשה לבעל צורה דקה וארוכה‬

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