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| Main Entry: |
eddy
 [ed-ee] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | current |
| Synonyms: | swirl, tide, vortex, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gust of air |
| Synonyms: | breeze, current, eddy, puff, wind |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Main Entry: | maelstrom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | whirlpool |
| Synonyms: | eddy, stir, swirl, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, whirl |
Example Sentences
- Inflation theory explains the ripples and eddies that make our universe possible.
- The eddies distort the phase of the light in that picture.
- There's nothing but the wind spinning eddies through the mist.
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, turn; proceed smoothly |
| Synonyms: | alternate, be in sequence, bowl, circle, circumduct, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, flow, fold, follow, furl, go around, go past, gyrate, gyre, impel, pass, pirouette, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swing around, swirl, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap |
| Main Entry: | surge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rush, usually in liquid form |
| Synonyms: | arise, billow, climb, deluge, eddy, flow, grow, gush, heave, mount, pour, ripple, rise, roll, sluice, stream, swell, swirl, tower, undulate, well forth |
| Main Entry: | swirl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around |
| Synonyms: | agitate, boil, churn, coil, crimp, crisp, curl, eddy, purl, roil, roll, snake, surge, swoosh, twirl, whirl, whirlpool, whorl, wriggle |
| Main Entry: | tide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow, current |
| Synonyms: | course, direction, drag, drift, ebb, eddy, flood, flux, movement, race, run, rush, sluice, spate, stream, tendency, torrent, trend, undercurrent, undertow, vortex, wave, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, curve |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, circle, circulate, circumduct, come around, corner, cut, eddy, go around, go round, ground, gyrate, gyre, hang a left, hang a right, incline, loop, make a left, make a right, move in a circle, negotiate, orbit, oscillate, pass, pass around, pirouette, pivot, roll, rotate, round, spin, sway, swing, swivel, take a bend, twirl, twist, vibrate, weave, wheel, whirl, wind, yaw |
| Main Entry: | undercurrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drift, pull |
| Synonyms: | atmosphere, aura, crosscurrent, direction, eddy, feeling, flavor, hint, inclination, indication, insinuation, intimation, murmur, overtone, propensity, riptide, sense, suggestion, tendency, tenor, tinge, trace, trend, underflow, undertone, undertow, vibes, vibrations |
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