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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn around circularly |
| Synonyms: | gyrate, gyre, pirouette, pivot, purl, revolve, rotate, spin, turn, twist, wheel, whirl, whirligig, wind |
| Antonyms: | straight, untwirl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | circulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving circularly |
| Synonyms: | circling, circuit, circumvolution, current, flow, flowing, gyration, gyre, motion, revolution, rotation, round, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl |
| Antonyms: | blockage |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
| Synonyms: | bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
| Synonyms: | buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave about |
| Synonyms: | brandish, display, flaunt, flutter, shake, sweep, swing, swish, twirl, vaunt, wag, wield |
| Main Entry: | gyrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve |
| Synonyms: | circle, circulate, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, whirligig |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow, loop |
| Synonyms: | bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, gnarl, helix, hitch, joint, kink, ligament, ligature, link, mat, nexus, perplexity, rosette, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, vinculum, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
| Synonyms: | bend, circuit, circumference, coil, convolution, curl, curve, eyelet, hoop, kink, knot, loophole, noose, ring, twirl, twist, whorl, wreath |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve around center point |
| Synonyms: | be contingent, depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl |
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