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• Swirl — Swirl, n. A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. The silent swirl of bats. Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swirl How — Infobox Mountain Name = Swirl How Photo = Swirl how.jpg Caption = Swirl How from Great Carrs Elevation = 804 m, (2,637 ft)(disputed) Location = Cumbria, ENG Range = Lake District, Southern Fells Prominence = c 411 m (disputed) Coordinates =… …   Wikipedia

• Water turbine — A water turbine is a rotary engine that takes energy from moving water.Water turbines were developed in the nineteenth century and were widely used for industrial power prior to electrical grids. Now they are mostly used for electric power… …   Wikipedia

• swirl — swirl1 [swə:l US swə:rl] v 1.) [I and T] to move around quickly in a twisting circular movement, or to make something do this swirl around/round ▪ Smoke swirled around her. swirl sth around/round ▪ He swirled the brandy around in his glass. ▪ The …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• swirl — [[t]swɜ͟ː(r)l[/t]] swirls, swirling, swirled V ERG If you swirl something liquid or flowing, or if it swirls, it moves round and round quickly. [V n] She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass... [V prep/adv] The black water swirled around his… …   English dictionary

• swirl — I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move with an eddying or whirling motion < swirling water > b. to pass in whirling confusion 2. to have a twist or convolution trans …   New Collegiate 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. Derivatives: swirly adj. Etymology: ME (orig …   Useful english dictionary

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• puddle — /ˈpʌdl / (say pudl) noun 1. a small pool of water, especially dirty water, as in a road after rain. 2. a small pool of any liquid. 3. clay, or a similar material, which has been mixed with water and tempered, used as a watertight canal lining,… …