Swirl
[swɜːl] or [swɝl]
Definition
(n.) To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
(n.) A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.
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Definition
v.i. to sweep along with a whirling motion.—n. whirling motion as of wind or water: a curl or twist: the rush of a fish through the water in rising to a fly.—adj. Swirl′y.
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Examples
- I could feel the current swirl me and I stayed under until I thought I could never come up. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then the boy stepped into the pilot house, touched a button and the boat sank amid swirling waters toward the bottom of the shaft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Presently our downward motion ceased, and I could hear the propellers swirling through the water at our stern and forcing us ahead at high speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- To-day in the electric furnace one may see tons of incandescent steel swirling about like boiling milk in a saucepan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The waters were now swirling about my waist. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Certainly a gray mist swirled before my eyes, and when it cleared I found my collar-ends undone and the tingling after-taste of brandy upon my lips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That they were undaunted while it swirled and eddied about their ankles, spoke well for their bravery and their discipline. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The water swirled and it was wide. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I did so, and driven by the draught a coil of gray smoke swirled down the corridor, while the dry straw crackled and flamed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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