spiral in English dictionary

  • spiral

    Meanings and definitions of "spiral"

    • (geometry) A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
    • (informal) A helix.
    • helical, like a spiral
    • (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
    • (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
    • adjective
      Helical, like a spiral
    • noun
      (geometry)
      A curve that is the locus of a point that rotates about a fixed point while continuously increasing its distance from that point.
    • noun
      (informal)
      A helix.
    • noun
      A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause something to spiral.
    • verb
      (figuratively, intransitive)
      To increase continually.
    • geometry
    • helix
    • adjective
      in the shape of a coil
    • noun
      a continuously accelerating change in the economy
    • noun
      a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
    • noun
      a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
    • noun
      a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
    • noun
      flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
    • noun
      ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
    • verb
      form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
    • verb
      move in a spiral or zigzag course
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "spiral" in English dictionary

    whorled, rotary motion, structure are the top synonyms of "spiral" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of spiral

    • spiral ( not comparable)
    • spiral ( plural  spirals)
    • spiral ( third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle spiraling (US) or spiralling (UK), simple past and past participle spiraled (US) or spiralled (UK))
    • spiral (not comparable)
    • spiral (plural spirals)
    • spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)
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