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Nouns (5)

eddy, twist

n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy

n. founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

Verbs (5)

eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl

v. flow in a circular current, of liquids

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Fuzzynyms (35)

undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose

n. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

flow, flowing

n. the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

gyrate, spiral, coil

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"

resurrect, rise, uprise

v. return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"

hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

twine

v. make by twisting together or intertwining; "twine a rope"

whirl, birl, spin, twirl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

whirl, tumble, whirl around

v. fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air"

corkscrew, spiral

v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

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