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to spin off
to spin off
1. To finish or clear off (a distaff, etc.) by spinning. (Cf. 2b.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [verb (transitive)] > spin > finish or clear off by spinning
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to spin off1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 549 One would imagine he saw every woman making hast to spin off her distaffe, striving avie who shall have done her taske first.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 100 It hangs like flax on a distaffe: & I hope to see a huswife take thee between her legs, & spin it off . View more context for this quotation
1690 W. Temple Ess. Poetry in Wks. (1720) I. 249 To spin off this Thread, which is already grown too long.
1735 in Heslop Northumbld. Gloss. (at cited word) Now it will be twelve o'clock And more; for I've spun off my rock.
1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. A. Musæus in German Romance I. 100 She had just spun off a rock of flax.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) To ‘spin off a rock’—to finish off the quantity of material on the rock.
2. To throw or cast off (a composition) in a continuous or easy manner.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > compose with ease
to spin off1895
1895 Daily News 24 Apr. 7/4 He..used to spin off novels in the intervals between signing piles of papers.
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to spin off
to spin off
1. transitive. To throw off by or as if by centrifugal force in spinning; frequently figurative, esp. (a) U.S. Commerce, to distribute (stock of a new company) to shareholders of a parent company; to create (a company) in this way; (b) to produce as a by-product, side-effect, or indirect benefit.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (transitive)] > manner of forming company
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to spin off1957
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [verb (transitive)] > throw off by centrifugal force
to spin off1957
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > have an unintended or unwanted effect > be a side-effect
to spin off1957
1957 N.Y. Times 9 June f1/3 Right now, there is considerable speculation that du Pont will ‘spin off’ its G.M. stock—that is, give it to its own stockholders in the form of a dividend.
1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 20 May 1/5 A subsidiary set up in early 1950 to rent out space in an engineering firm's new building was spun off in December, 1954.
1964 Science 29 May 1113 The Systems Development Corporation (SDC) was ‘spun off’ by RAND in 1956 to help specifically with design and programming for the first computerized air defense system.
1969 Physics Bull. June 215/2 If..pulsars are neutron stars,..then these could rotate at up to 103 Hz; they would ‘spin off’ electrons (or plasma) which would be accelerated in the star's magnetic field.
1969 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 July 4/2 The publicly owned company then ‘spins off’ those shares to its holders, who, in turn, often sell the shares to other traders.
1972 Real Estate Rev. Winter 5/2 A black who has invested his savings in a commercial or residential venture is not permitted..to parlay small investments into big ones by spinning them off through refinancing vehicles.
1972 Publishers Weekly 4 Dec. 35/1 From the file, the publisher can now produce updated editions with minimum effort, and can spin off subsidiary products as well.
1974 Nature 29 Mar. 459/2 Several papers have already been spun off from discussions and presentations at the CETI conference.
1977 Time 10 Jan. 47/3 Tandy Corp. has spun off most of its other businesses into separate companies chaired by Charles Tandy.
1979 Daily Tel. 15 Jan. 5/6 ‘Softly, Softly’ was spun off ‘Z Cars’ and no one complained about that.
2. intransitive. To be thrown or move off by or as if by centrifugal force in spinning; usually figurative.
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1969 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Jan. 33/2 (advt.) More interesting, however, is the way in which the material is organized to allow the class or individuals to spin-off into the study of related problems.
1969 Sci. Jrnl. Nov. 74 People have claimed..that space is a great thing because all the technology evolved will ultimately spin-off to the commercial market place.
1971 New Scientist 4 Mar. 488/1 These small companies specialising in technologically advanced products have ‘spun off’ largely from powerful local universities.
1971 Daily Tel. 6 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 12/4 This prestige spins off to make Europeans more and more rail conscious.
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