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Meaning of 'gyrate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Gyrate [ a.]
- Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
2 . Gyrate [ n.]
- To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Meaning of 'gyrate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . gyrate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to wind or move in a spiral course
Example in sentence:
  • black smoke coiling up into the sky;
  • the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action;
  • the young people gyrated on the dance floor
Meaning (2):
- revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
Example in sentence:
  • The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy

Nearby Words:

gyracanthus gyral gyrant gyrated gyrating gyration gyratory gyre gyreful gyrencephala

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