spines

Noun

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
• any sharply pointed projection
• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
• the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
• a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
• plural of spine

Verb

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
• stream in jets, of liquids
• cause to spin
• make up a story
• form a web by making a thread
• work natural fibers into a thread
• twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation
• prolong or extend

Synonyms

acantha, back, backbone, birl, gyrate, pricker, prickle, rachis, reel, spikelet, spin, spin around, spin out, spinal column, spine, spur, sticker, thorn, twirl, vertebral column, whirl