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Gyre

Gyre Meaning & Definition
Gyre Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gyre?

[n] a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gyre: coil | curl | curlicue | ringlet | roll | scroll | whorl

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gyre: afreet | Baba Yaga | barghest | cacodemon | Charybdis | circle | circling | circuit | circuiteer | circuition | circuitousness | circuitry | circularity | circulate | circulation | circumambience | circumambiency | circumambulate | circumambulation | circumflexion | circumlocution | circummigrate | circummigration | circumnavigate | circumnavigation | circumrotate | circumvent | circumvolute | circumvolution | cirrus | close the circle | coil | come full circle | compass | corkscrew | crank | curl | curlicue | cycle | daeva | demon | describe a circle | deviance | deviancy | deviation | devil | deviousness | digression | dizzy round | dybbuk | eddy | encircle | encompass | evil genius | evil spirit | evolute | excursion | excursus | fiend | fiend from hell | flank | genie | genius | ghoul | girdle | girdle the globe | go about | go around | go round | go the round | gurge | gyrate | gyration | gyring | helix | hellion | incubus | indirection | involute | jinni | jinniyeh | kink | lamia | lap | Lilith | maelstrom | make a circuit | meandering | orbit | orbiting | pirouette | pivot | purl | rakshasa | rat race | reel | revolve | ringlet | roll | rotate | rotation | round | roundaboutness | rounding | satan | screw | scroll | shedu | skirt | spin | spiral | spiraling | succubus | surge | surround | swing | swirl | swivel | tendril | the undead | turn | turn a pirouette | turn around | turn round | turning | twirl | twist | vampire | volute | volution | vortex | wamble | wheel | wheeling | whirl | whirligig | whirlpool | whirlwind | whorl | wind | yogini

See Also | calyx | corolla | round shape | verticil

Gyre In Webster's Dictionary

\Gyre\, n. [L. gyrus, Gr. ?, cf. ? round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. --Dryden. Still expanding and ascending gyres. --Mrs. Browning.
\Gyre\, v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See {Gyrate}.] To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. Drayton.

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