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spirals - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | spiral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curled shape |
| Synonyms: | coil, flourish, quirk, screw, whorl, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, gyre, helix, volute |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
| Synonyms: | arch, bow, buckle, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag, angle away, angle off, camber, incurvate |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large roll of material |
| Synonyms: | coil, curl, cylinder, package, spindle, spiral, twist |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
| Synonyms: | belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, loop, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, begird, circumduct, ensphere, gyre, hem in, mill around, wind about |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thread that curls |
| Synonyms: | bight, braid, circle, convolution, lap, loop, ring, roll, scroll, spiral, tendril, turn, twine, twirl, twist, whorl, wind, corkscrew, curlicue, gyration, helix, involution |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl around, entwine |
| Synonyms: | convolute, fold, intertwine, lap, loop, rotate, scroll, snake, spiral, spire, turn, twine, twist, wind, writhe, convolve, corkscrew, intervolve, make serpentine, sinuate, wrap around, wreathe |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, ringlet, curve |
| Synonyms: | coil, crimp, flourish, kink, quirk, spiral, swirl, twist, wave, whorl, crispation, curlicue, frizz |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
| Synonyms: | buckle, coil, contort, convolute, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, writhe, zigzag, corkscrew, form into ringlets, frizz, scallop, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | curve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bending in a shape or course |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, buckle, bulge, coil, concave, convex, crook, crumple, curl, deviate, divert, gyrate, hook, loop, round, skew, snake, spiral, stoop, swerve, turn, twist, veer, wind, incurve, inflect, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower, descend |
| Synonyms: | bend, decline, disappear, droop, fade, fall, go down, incline, plummet, plunge, reach, recede, sag, set, settle, sheer, sink, skew, skid, slant, slip, slope, slump, spiral, subside, swoop, tilt, tumble, veer, verge, drop down, nose-dive, slue |
| Antonyms: | ascend, raise |
| Main Entry: | entwine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
| Synonyms: | braid, coil, curl, embrace, encircle, enmesh, entangle, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knit, lace, plait, spiral, surround, twine, weave, wind, corkscrew, interplait, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | unravel, unwind, untwist |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curlicue, decoration |
| Synonyms: | curl, embellishment, garnish, ornamentation, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist, furbelow, plume |
| Main Entry: | glide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
| Synonyms: | coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, slide, slink, slip, slither, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing, glissade, skirr, smooth along |
| Main Entry: | gyrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve |
| Synonyms: | circle, circulate, roll, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl, whirl, circumduct, gyre, pirouette, purl, whirligig |
| Main Entry: | knot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bow, loop |
| Synonyms: | bond, braid, bunch, coil, connection, contortion, entanglement, hitch, joint, kink, ligature, link, mat, nexus, screw, snag, snarl, spiral, splice, tangle, tie, twirl, twist, warp, whirl, whorl, yoke, gnarl, helix, ligament, perplexity, rosette, vinculum |
| Notes: | a nautical mile is also a geological mile or admiralty mile; a knot is the unit for measuring nautical miles |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cylindrical object |
| Synonyms: | ball, barrel, bobbin, coil, cone, convolution, cylinder, fold, reel, scroll, shell, spiral, spool, wheel, whorl, cartouche, cornucopia, rundle, trundle, volute |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, turn; proceed smoothly |
| Synonyms: | alternate, bowl, circle, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, flow, fold, follow, furl, gyrate, impel, pass, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swirl, swivel, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap, be in sequence, circumduct, go around, go past, gyre, pirouette, swing around, trundle |
| Main Entry: | screw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist in |
| Synonyms: | spiral, tighten, turn, twine, wind, work |
| Antonyms: | unscrew, untwist |
| Main Entry: | spin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circular motion |
| Synonyms: | circuit, revolution, roll, rotation, spiral, turn, twist, whirl, gyration |
| Antonyms: | inaction, immobility, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | spin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, make go around |
| Synonyms: | gyrate, oscillate, reel, revolve, rotate, spiral, swim, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl, gyre, pendulate, pirouette, purl |
| Antonyms: | stand, steady |
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