spool up (English, verb)
expansion: spool up (third-person singular simple present spools up, present participle spooling up, simple past and past participle spooled up)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To increase in rotational speed, producing an increase in thrust.
raw_tags: of a turbine engine
glosses: To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: spools up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spooling up
tags: participle
present
form: spooled up
tags: participle
past
form: spooled up
tags: past