spindle

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A rod used for spinning and then winding 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.
2. 2
   A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
3. 3
   A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
4. 4
   Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
5. 5
   An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
6. 6
   The fusee of a watch.
7. 7
   Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
8. 8
   A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
9. 9
   A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
10. 10
    Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
11. 11
    Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
12. 12
    A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
13. 13
    A dragonfly.
14. 14
    A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
15. 15
    A muscle spindle.
16. 16
    A sleep spindle.

Verb

1. 1
   To make into a long tapered shape.
2. 2
   To take on a long tapered shape.
3. 3
   To impale on a device for holding paper documents.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname transferred from the nickname.