| Main Entry: | spiral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curling, winding |
Synonyms: |
circling, circular, circumvoluted, cochlear, coiled, corkscrew, curled, helical, helicoid, radial, rolled, screw-shaped, scrolled, tendrillar, tortile, voluted, whorled, wound |
Antonyms: |
straight, uncurling, unwinding |
| Main Entry: | spiral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curled shape |
Synonyms: |
coil, corkscrew, curlicue, flourish, gyration, gyre, helix, quirk, screw, volute, whorl |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
Synonyms: |
angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large roll of material |
Synonyms: |
coil, curl, cylinder, package, spindle, spiral, twist |
| Main Entry: | centrifugal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | radiating from a central point |
Synonyms: |
deviating, diffusive, divergent, diverging, eccentric, efferent, outward, radial, spiral, spreading |
| Notes: | centrifugal force pulls away or pushes outward; centripetal draws toward or pulls inward |
Antonyms: |
centripetal |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
Synonyms: |
begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
Synonyms: |
bight, braid, circle, convolution, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl around, entwine |
Synonyms: |
convolute, convolve, corkscrew, fold, intertwine, intervolve, lap, loop, make serpentine, rotate, scroll, sinuate, snake, spiral, spire, turn, twine, twist, wind, wrap around, wreathe, writhe |
| Main Entry: | crooked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent, angled |
Synonyms: |
agee, anfractuous, angular, asymmetric, awry, bowed, catawampus, circuitous, cockeyed, contorted, crippled, curved, curving, deformed, deviating, devious, disfigured, distorted, errant, gnarled, hooked, incurving, indirect, irregular, kinky, knurly, lopsided, meandering, misshapen, not straight, oblique, out of shape, rambling, roundabout, screwy, serpentine, sinuous, skewed, slanted, snaky, spiral, tilted, topsy-turvy, tortile, tortuous, twisted, twisting, uneven, warped, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, ringlet, curve |
Synonyms: |
coil, crimp, crispation, curlicue, flourish, frizz, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl |
Antonyms: |
line |