Gyrate
21gyrate — 1. Of a convoluted or ring shape. 2. To revolve. [L. gyro, pp. gyratus, to turn round in a circle, gyrus] * * * gy·rate jī .rāt adj winding or coiled around: CONVOLUTED * * * gy·rate (jiґrāt) [L. gyratus turned round] twisted in a ring or… …
22gyrate — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
23gyrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. turn, whirl, twirl, spin, revolve, rotate. See rotation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spin, rotate, revolve; see whirl . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. revolve, spin, twirl, whirl, rotate, circle, wheel …
24gyrate — gy|rate [dʒaıˈreıt US ˈdʒaıreıt] v [Date: 1800 1900; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of gyrare, from Latin gyrus circle ] 1.) [I and T] to turn around fast in circles = ↑spin ▪ The dancers gyrated wildly to the beat of the music. 2.) if… …
25gyrate — gy·rate || dÊ’aɪəreɪt /dÊ’aɪə reɪt v. rotate, move in spiral motion, whirl …
26gyrate — verb move in a circle or spiral. ↘dance by gyrating the hips suggestively. Derivatives gyration noun gyrator noun Origin C19 (earlier (C17) as gyration): from L. gyrat , gyrare revolve , from Gk guros a ring …
27gyrate — v. n. Rotate, revolve, whirl, spin, turn round, wheel round, move in a circle …
28gyrate — verb (I) literary to turn around fast in circles: The dancers gyrated wildly to the beat of the music. gyration /dZaI reISDn/ noun …
29gyrate — verb the disk gyrates atop an aluminum pole Syn: rotate, revolve, wheel, turn around, whirl, circle, pirouette, twirl, swirl, spin, swivel …
30gyrate — v rotate, revolve, circumvolve, wheel, wheel around, turn round, circulate, roll, troll; whirl, pirouette, twirl, Archaic. trundle, swirl, spin, swivel; bump, grind …
