spin down

See also: spindown

English

Verb

spin down (third-person singular simple present spins down, present participle spinning down, simple past and past participle spun down)

1. (of a rotating body) To reduce its speed of rotation.
2. (figurative) To diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.
3. (figurative) To decline in resources or capability.
   • 1991 December 22, Jacob Smith Yang, quoting Derek Link, “Activists Fight Drug Profiteering”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 23, page 3:

     Link pointed out that the Fair program is restricted to people with CMV retinitis who are uninsured and not on Medicare or Medicaid. "Not very many people reach the point where they are suffering from CMV retinitis and haven't spun down onto Medicaid," said Link.

4. (computing, intransitive, of a disk drive) To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.

Antonyms

• spin up

Anagrams

• pins down