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Swirl
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Swirl has 1 sense
- swirl(n = noun.shape) convolution, vortex, whirl - the shape of something rotating rapidly; Array is a kind of round shape
Derived forms verb swirl2, verb swirl1
Verb Swirl has 2 senses
- swirl(v = verb.motion) twiddle, twirl, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind" is one way to go around, revolve, rotate
- swirl(v = verb.motion) eddy, purl, whirl, whirlpool - flow in a circular current, of liquids; Array is one way to course, feed, flow, run
Derived form noun swirl1
Sample sentences:
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Derived form noun swirl1
Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Swirl, v. t. & i. [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. √177. See Swarm, n. ].
To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Swirl, n.
A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Swirl, v. & n.
--v.intr. & tr. move or flow or carry along with a whirling motion.
--n.
1 a swirling motion of or in water, air, etc.
2 the act of swirling.
3 a twist or curl, esp. as part of a pattern or design.
--v.intr. & tr. move or flow or carry along with a whirling motion.
--n.
1 a swirling motion of or in water, air, etc.
2 the act of swirling.
3 a twist or curl, esp. as part of a pattern or design.
Derivative
swirly adj.
Etymology
ME (orig. as noun): orig. Sc., perh. of LG or Du. orig.
THESAURUS
Swirl
Charybdis, Maelstrom, ado, agitate, agitation, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, beat, beat up, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, brouhaha, burst, bustle, centrifugate, centrifuge, churn, churn up, circulate, cirrus, coil, commotion, contort, conturbation, convulse, corkscrew, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, crinkle, curl, curlicue, curve, disarrange, discompose, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturb, disturbance, dizzy round, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, evolute, excite, excitement, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, foment, fret, fume, furl, fuss, fussiness, gulf, gurge, gush, gyrate, gyre, helix, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry-scurry, inquietude, intort, involute, jitters, jumpiness, kink, maelstrom, malaise, meander, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, paddle, pell-mell, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, pirouette, pother, purl, rat race, reel, refluence, reflux, regurgitation, restlessness, rile, ringlet, ripple, roil, roll, roughen, round, rout, row, ruffle, rumple, scallop, scramble, screw, scroll, seethe, seething, serpentine, shake, shake up, slink, snake, spasm, spin, spiral, spurt, stew, stir, stir up, surge, sweat, swirling, tendril, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, turn, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, uproar, upset, volute, volution, vortex, wheel, whip, whip up, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whisk, whorl, wind, work up, worm, wring, yeastiness
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