twirl
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
Types & categories
- fold hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
turn in a twisting or spinning motion
The leaves swirled in the autumn wind
Types & categories
- rotate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of rotating rapidly
he gave the crank a spin
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cause to spin
spin a coin
Types & categories
- circumvolve hypernym
Related & opposite
- spin derivation
- spinner derivation
- baton twirler derivation
- convolution derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | curl |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distort |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kink |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fold |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twiddle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pitcher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | convolution |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrench |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twirl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twiddle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pirouette |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | birling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | baton twirler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | convolution |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | circumvolve |