'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe.
Source: tatoeba (575163)
Gyre
//d͡ʒaɪ.ə//
Synonyms for "gyre" (157 found)
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gyrationgyringhelixhellionincubusindirectioninvolutejinnijinniyehkinklamialaplilithmaelstrommake a circuitmeanderingorbitorbitingpirouettepivot
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23 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- вихър noun (swirling vortex)
- водовъртеж noun (swirling vortex)
- кръговрат noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
Catalan
2 entries- gir noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- gir oceànic noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 環流 /环流 noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
Finnish
2 entries- pyörre noun (swirling vortex)
- pyörre noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
French
2 entries- gyre noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- gyre océanique noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
German
3 entries- Strudel noun (swirling vortex)
- Wirbel noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- ozeanischer Wirbel noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
Māori
2 entries- kōripo noun (swirling vortex)
- kōripo noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
Portuguese
4 entries- giro noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- remoinho noun (swirling vortex)
- remoinho noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- turbilhão noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
Russian
1 entries- вихрь noun (swirling vortex)
Spanish
3 entries- giro noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- giro oceánico noun (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner)
- remolino noun (swirling vortex)
Sample sentences
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While all other seas in the world are defined at least in part by land boundaries, the Sargasso Sea is defined only by ocean currents. It lies within the Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.
Source: tatoeba (6680096)
The area is a gyre, essentially a big whirlpool that traps and swirls the debris which, unlike other types of trash in the ocean, never bio-degrades.
Source: tatoeba (11243935)
Quick, and more quick he ſpins in giddy Gires, / Then falls, and in much Foam his Soul expires.
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