spin up (English, verb)
expansion: spin up (third-person singular simple present spins up, present participle spinning up, simple past and past participle spun up)
Senses:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a disk drive
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To power up, launch, or instantiate.
tags: transitive
glosses: To be brought into full operation; to reach full potential or capacity; to spool up.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
glosses: To fabricate.
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: spins up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: spinning up
tags: participle
present
form: spun up
tags: participle
past
form: spun up
tags: past