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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb gyrate has 2 senses
- gyrate(v = verb.motion) coil, spiral - to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" is one way to turn
- gyrate(v = verb.motion) reel, spin, spin around, whirl - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" is one way to go around, revolve, rotate
Derived form noun gyration2
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Something is ----ing PP
Derived forms noun gyration2, noun gyration1
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Somebody ----s something
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CIDE DICTIONARY
gyrate, a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.].
Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. [1913 Webster]
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gyrate, v. & adj.
--v.intr. go in a circle or spiral; revolve, whirl.
--adj. Bot. arranged in rings or convolutions.
--v.intr. go in a circle or spiral; revolve, whirl.
--adj. Bot. arranged in rings or convolutions.
Derivative
gyration n. gyratorn. gyratory adj.
Etymology
L gyrare gyrat- revolve f. gyrus ring f. Gk guros
THESAURUS
gyrate
advance, ascend, back, back up, budge, change, change place, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, climb, crank, descend, ebb, flow, get over, go, go around, go round, go sideways, gyre, mount, move, move over, pirouette, pivot, plunge, progress, purl, regress, retrogress, revolve, rise, roll, rotate, round, run, screw, shift, sink, soar, spin, stir, stream, subside, swing, swirl, swivel, travel, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn round, twirl, twist, wamble, wane, wheel, whirl, whirligig, windROGET THESAURUS
gyrate
Rotation
VB rotate, roll along, revolve, spin, turn round, circumvolve, circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl, roll up, furl, wallow, welter, box the compass, spin like a top, spin like a teetotum, spin out.
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