gyrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
to wind or move in a spiral course
the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
Types & categories
- turn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirling |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | coil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ringlet |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiral |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | turn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gyration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | convolution |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirligig |