Meaning of GYRATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'jIreyt, [v]'jIreyt, 'jI`reyt
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- [v] revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- [v] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | coil, reel, spin, spin around, spiral, whirl |
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| | See Also: | | go around, revolve, rotate, turn, whirligig | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gy"rate\, a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p.
of gyrare.]
Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a
circular course.
\Gy"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gyrated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gyrating}.] [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See
{Gyre}, n.]
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an
axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, wind |
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