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Span

noun

1.

The complete duration of something.

2.

The distance or interval between two points.

3.

Two items of the same kind. Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, twain, twosome, yoke.

4.

A unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches).

5.

A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.. Synonym: bridge.

6.

The act of sitting or standing astride. Synonym: straddle.

verb

1.

To cover or extend over an area or time period. Synonyms: cross, sweep, traverse. "The parking lot spans 3 acres" , "The novel spans three centuries"

Spin

verb

(past span; past part. spun; pres. part. spinning)

1.

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. Synonyms: gyrate, reel, spin around, whirl.

2.

Stream in jets, of liquids.

3.

Cause to spin. Synonyms: birl, twirl, whirl.

4.

Make up a story.

5.

Form a web by making a thread.

6.

Work natural fibers into a thread.

7.

Twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation.

8.

Prolong or extend. Synonym: spin out.

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"Span" Quotes from Famous Books

... the thought of being restored to these dear ones, were it only for a short span. They were not going to carry her away from the convent; and, indeed, seeing that she so loved her aunt, the good reverend mother, and that her heart cleaved to those walls and to the holy exercises which filled so great a part of her life, her father, in replying ...

— London Pride - Or When the World Was Younger • M. E. Braddon

... finds the richest compensation in the enormous magnitude and endless variety of all the vast field of interests, present and still more future, that are committed to his temporary charge. Though his charge may be temporary, I should think every Secretary of State remembers that even in that fugitive span he may either do some good or, if he is unhappy, ...

— Indian speeches (1907-1909) • John Morley (AKA Viscount Morley)

... in his hard grip, and holding it out at arm's length he saw that its point was but a span's distance ...

— The Thirsty Sword • Robert Leighton

... was, I would have earnestly besought her, to take away that romance, to step with her to the point but just before them—open the "Book of books," and let her read of Him "who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span; who hath compassed the waters with bounds until the day and night come to an end; whose way is in the sea, and his path in the great waters. The Lord, whose name alone is excellent, his glory above the earth ...

— Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters - Volume 3 • Various

... disorderly houses in the old and new Tenderloin. They have almost forgotten the dark tragedies hidden just a fathom underground in their burial lot in Washington Cemetery—the poor murdered women, the infants one span long." ...

— Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls - War on the White Slave Trade • Various

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