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- Dictionaryswirling/ˈswəːlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern: "the swirling waves"
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moving quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or seeming to do this: The audience seemed at times to be a single swirling mass. The swirling patterns of the carpet and soft furnishings came as rather a shock. Fewer examples. I peered down at the swirling jet-black water. The birds were partly hidden in the swirling sea mist.
to move quickly with a twisting, circular movement, or to make something do this: The fog swirled thickly around us. Swirl a little oil around the frying pan. Synonym. eddy. [ I ] If ideas or stories about somebody or something swirl, they are often heard but may not be based on fact or may not always say the same thing:
: to have a twist or convolution. transitive verb. : to cause to swirl. swirled her drink. swirlingly. ˈswər-liŋ-lē. adverb. swirl. 2 of 2. noun. 1. a.
1. to turn or cause to turn in a twisting spinning fashion. 2. ( intr) to be dizzy; swim: my head was swirling. n. 3. a whirling or spinning motion, esp in water.
• The wind swirling around the tree had blown all the snow away from its trunk. • Swirl butter into the sauce. • The traffic swirled by on the splashing road. • The ice cubes swirled down the drain. • George said something perfectly right about the wine, swirling it in the high-stemmed tulip glass.
Her eyes were swirling again. Her swirling silver eyes were red with tears. But even with those bleak thoughts swirling in her head, she felt herself slide under his spell once again. The man gazing back at him was wiry and lean with angled features and swirling gold eyes. More Sentences.
n. a swirling movement; whirl; eddy. a twist, as of hair around the head or of trimming on a hat. any curving, twisting line, shape, or form. confusion; disorder. a root * swir- (whence Danish svirre to whirl, German schwirren to whir) + -l- frequentative suffix.
swirling (countable and uncountable, plural swirlings) A pattern or motion that swirls.
Synonyms for SWIRLING: spiraling, circling, spiral, looping, coiled, spiralling, coiling, zigzag; Antonyms of SWIRLING: straight, direct, linear, straightaway.
Jun 7, 2024 · verb. If you swirl something liquid or flowing, or if it swirls, it moves round and round quickly. She smiled, swirling the drink in her glass. [VERB noun] The black water swirled around his legs, reaching almost to his knees. [VERB preposition/adverb] She swirled the ice-cold liquid around her mouth. [VERB noun preposition]
