A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
The fusee of a watch.
A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
A sleep spindle.
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
A muscle spindle.
A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
To make into a long tapered shape.
To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
To take on a long tapered shape.
Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.
The stem or main axis of a plant, which supports the seed-carrying parts.
An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.
One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.
A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.
The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.
An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
A haughty style of walking.
To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ
To walk haughtily.
To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.
To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.
To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.