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swirl — ► VERB ▪ move in a twisting or spiralling pattern. ► NOUN ▪ a swirling movement or pattern. DERIVATIVES swirly adjective. ORIGIN perhaps Low German or Dutch … English terms dictionary
swirl´ing|ly — swirl «swurl», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to move or drive along with a twisting motion; whirl: »dust swirling in the air, a stream swirling over rocks. Figurative. The heat and noise made my head swirl. 2. to twist or curl: »a lock of hair swirled… … Useful english dictionary
swirl — verb Swirl is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cloak, ↑cloud, ↑dust, ↑fog, ↑mist, ↑skirt, ↑snow … Collocations dictionary
swirl — (n.) early 15c., whirlpool, eddy, originally Scottish, perhaps related to dialectal Norw. svirla or Du. zwirrelen to whirl. The meaning whirling movement is from 1818. The verb is attested from 1510s, with an isolated instance from 14c … Etymology dictionary
swirl — verb move or cause to move in a twisting or spiralling pattern. noun a swirling movement or pattern. Derivatives swirly adjective Origin ME (orig. Scots in the sense whirlpool ): perh. of Low Ger. or Du. origin … English new terms dictionary
swirl — verb the snow swirled around them Syn: whirl, eddy, billow, spiral, circulate, revolve, spin, twist; flow, stream, surge, seethe … Thesaurus of popular words
swirl — verb Syn: whirl, eddy, billow, spiral, twist, twirl, circulate, revolve, spin … Synonyms and antonyms 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 — I UK [swɜː(r)l] / US [swɜrl] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms swirl : present tense I/you/we/they swirl he/she/it swirls present participle swirling past tense swirled past participle swirled to move quickly in circles, or to make… … English dictionary
swirl — swirl1 [ swɜrl ] verb intransitive or transitive to move quickly in circles, or make something move in this way: Snowflakes were swirling all around us. John swirled the ice around in the bottom of his glass. swirl swirl 2 [ swɜrl ] noun count a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swirl — /swɜl / (say swerl) verb (i) 1. to move about or along with a whirling motion; whirl; eddy. 2. to be dizzy or giddy, or swim, as the head. –verb (t) 3. to cause to swirl or whirl; twist. –noun 4. a swirling movement; a whirl; an eddy. 5. a twist …