vortex
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the shape of something rotating rapidly
Types & categories
- round shape hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- purl derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | purl |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | twirl |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | twiddle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | round shape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | purl |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | current |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Charybdis |