About The Word Gyrate
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Gyrate
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What's The Definition Of Gyrate?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gyrate: coil | reel | spin | spin around | spiral | whirl Related Terms | Find terms related to Gyrate: 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 See Also | go around | revolve | rotate | turn | whirligig Gyrate In Webster's Dictionary \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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