Spun is the past tense and past participle of spin.
spun in British English
(spʌn)
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of spin
adjective
2.
formed or manufactured by spinning
spun gold
spun glass
spun in American English
(spʌn)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. pt. & pp. of
spin
adjective
2.
formed by or as if by spinning
Examples of 'spun' in a sentence
spun
Five steps on and he spun around, as if he'd suddenly thought of something.
Nicola Barker BEHINDLINGS (2002)
Tim spun toward the telephone in his room, then moved back to check the scene again.
Peter Straub LOST BOY LOST GIRL (2002)
All related terms of 'spun'
spin
If something spins or if you spin it, it turns quickly around a central point.
hard-spun
(of yarn ) spun with a firm close twist
spun silk
yarn or fabric made from silk waste
spun yarn
small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
spun glass
fine glass fiber , made by forming liquid glass into a thread
spun sugar
→ cotton candy
spin off
To spin off or spin off something such as a company means to create a new company that is separate from the original organization .
spin out
If you spin something out , you make it last longer than it normally would.
spin up
to create (a virtual machine ) using a cloud-computing service
spunbonded
made from a melted polymer that is spun and drawn to produce filaments , forming a web which is rolled and thermally or chemically bonded into a fabric, rather than woven