spool
verb/spuːl/
/spuːl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spool | /spuːl/ /spuːl/ |
| he / she / it spools | /spuːlz/ /spuːlz/ |
| past simple spooled | /spuːld/ /spuːld/ |
| past participle spooled | /spuːld/ /spuːld/ |
| -ing form spooling | /ˈspuːlɪŋ/ /ˈspuːlɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] spool something + adv./prep. to wind something onto or off a spool
- [transitive, intransitive] spool (something) (computing) to move data and store it for a short time, for example on a disk, especially before it is printed
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a spool for thread): shortening of Old French espole or from Middle Low German spōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spoel and German Spule. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.
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