spool
noun
any cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
spooled
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past participleof spool.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof spool.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
spoolnounany cylindrical piece or device on which something is wound.
Example Sentences
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The concern over the start process is centred on the increased amount of time it takes to get the turbos in the engines spooled up to the right speed for the optimum launch.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
As the decades spooled past, British society would become less deferential and British media more intrusive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Nile, though, is unencumbered by empathy, guilt, or the urge for compromise, a mile-long bunting of red flags spooled into one cashmere-clad creep.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
Those DNA strands get packaged into chromatin fibers, which are spooled around histone proteins and then repeatedly looped to form highly compact structures that fit into the cell nucleus.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
The hand was connected to a strong cable that spooled out from the end of his arm.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
