SPIRAL
/ˈspaɪɹəl/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- adjective in the shape of a coil.
— synonyms: coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
- verb to wind or move in a spiral course.
— synonyms: gyrate, coil
- verb form a spiral.
- verb move in a spiral or zigzag course.
— synonyms: corkscrew
- noun a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center.
- noun a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle.
— synonyms: helix
- noun a continuously accelerating change in the economy.
- noun ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center.
— synonyms: volute
- noun a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
— synonyms: coil, volute, whorl, helix
- noun flying downward in a helical path with a large radius.
Examples
- “The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.”
- “You need to learn how to spiral a ball.”
- “Her debts were spiralling out of control.”
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