gyre
[verb]
Synonyms: turn, circle, circumduct, gyrate, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, pirl, pirouette, purl, twirl, whirl, whirligig
[noun]
Synonyms: revolution, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, gyration, rotation, round, turn, wheel, whirl

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gyre noun. ['dʒʌɪǝ, 'gʌɪǝ] M16.
[Latin gyrus from Greek guros.]
I. Chiefly literary.
1. A circular movement or turn; a revolution, a gyration. M16.
■ S. O'Faoláin I..felt the new day come up..and life begin once more its ancient, ceaseless gyre.

2. A circle, a spiral; a vortex. L16.
■ J. A. Baker Seven hundred lapwings..dwindled up in spiral tiers and widening gyres.

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gyre(1)
II.

3. Science. A circular pattern of surface currents round an ocean basin. M20.

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gyre verb. ['dʒʌɪǝ, 'gʌɪǝ] LME.
[Late Latin gyrare: see GYRATE verb.]
1. verb trans. Turn or whirl round. rare. LME.

2. verb intrans. Turn round, rotate, gyrate, whirl. L16.

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