Definition

1. Verb:
   • To spin (a web): The primary meaning refers to the action of a spider producing silk threads to create a web.
   • To spread out; to extend; to stretch: To arrange something (like a net, rope, or banner) so that it is taut and covers an area, or for something intangible (like fog) to disperse and cover an area.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhện giăng tơ khắp góc vườn. (Spiders spin webs all over the garden corner.)
  • Họ giăng một tấm bạt lớn để che nắng. (They stretched out a large tarpaulin to block the sun.)
  • Sương mù giăng kín lối vào rừng. (Fog spread thickly, covering the forest entrance.)
  • Công an giăng lưới bắt tội phạm. (The police spread a net to catch the criminals.)

Advanced Usage

• "Giăng bẫy": To set a trap (literally: to stretch/spread a trap).
  • Thợ săn giăng bẫy khắp khu rừng. (The hunter set traps all over the forest.)
• "Giăng biểu ngữ": To hang/unfurl a banner.
  • Sinh viên giăng biểu ngữ chào mừng ngày nhà giáo. (The students hung banners to celebrate Teachers' Day.)
• "Giăng mắc": To be entangled or strung up (often used for wires, vines).
  • Dây điện giăng mắc khắp nơi rất nguy hiểm. (Wires strung up everywhere are very dangerous.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giăng giăng (verb/adjective): Often used to describe something spread out lightly or thinly, like mist or light.
  • Sương giăng giăng trên mặt hồ. (A light mist spreads over the lake surface.)
• Căng (verb): To stretch, to tighten. While similar, "căng" focuses more on making something taut (like a rope or drum skin), whereas "giăng" focuses more on the act of spreading something out over an area.
• Trải ra (verb): To spread out, to lay out. This is a more general synonym for extending something over a surface.

Synonyms

• Bủa ra (verb): To spread out, to encircle (often with a connotation of surrounding something).
• Kéo dài ra (verb phrase): To extend out.
• Giương ra (verb): To spread open, to unfurl (like a sail or a net).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Giăng ra: To spread out, to stretch out.
  • Anh ấy giăng tấm bản đồ ra trên bàn. (He spread the map out on the table.)
• Giăng kín: To cover completely (by spreading).
  • Mây đen giăng kín bầu trời. (Dark clouds covered the entire sky.)

Related Idioms

• "Giăng tơ kết mạng": Literally "to spin silk and knot webs," meaning to weave a complex, intricate plot or scheme.
  • Tên tội phạm giăng tơ kết mạng để che giấu hành vi. (The criminal wove a complex web to hide his actions.)
• "Nhện giăng mùng nhện": Literally "a spider spins a mosquito net for itself," a folk saying implying someone is creating their own trap or complicated situation.

verb

1. to spin
   • nhện giăng tơ
     spiders spinwebs
2. To spread; to extend; to stretch