The boy drew a swirl of colors. He said it represents the entrance to the world of dreams.
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Swirl
//swɜɹl//
Synonyms for "swirl" (201 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- دُوَّامَة noun (whirling eddy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- витка noun (twist or coil of something)
- водовъртеж noun (whirling eddy)
- завихрям се verb (to twist or whirl)
Catalan
1 entries- remolí noun (whirling eddy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 漩渦 /漩涡 noun (whirling eddy)
- 旋动 verb (to twist or whirl)
Danish
2 entries- hvirvel noun (whirling eddy)
- hvirvle verb (to twist or whirl)
Dutch
1 entries- draaikolk noun (whirling eddy)
Esperanto
1 entries- kirliĝi verb (to twist or whirl)
Estonian
2 entries- keeris noun (whirling eddy)
- keerlema verb (to twist or whirl)
Finnish
4 entries- kierre noun (twist or coil of something)
- pyörre noun (whirling eddy)
- kieppua verb (to twist or whirl)
- kiertyä verb (to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl)
French
3 entries- remous noun (whirling eddy)
- tourbillon noun (whirling eddy)
- tourbillonner verb (to twist or whirl)
Galician
3 entries- remuíño noun (whirling eddy)
- rodopío noun (whirling eddy)
- sorbedoiro noun (whirling eddy)
German
1 entries- Wirbel noun (whirling eddy)
Hungarian
1 entries- örvény noun (whirling eddy)
Ido
1 entries- vortico noun (whirling eddy)
Italian
4 entries- riccio noun (twist or coil of something)
- vortice noun (whirling eddy)
- turbinare verb (to twist or whirl)
- vorticare verb (to twist or whirl)
Japanese
4 entries- 渦 noun (whirling eddy)
- 渦巻き noun (whirling eddy)
- 巻く verb (to twist or whirl)
- 渦巻く verb (to twist or whirl)
Khmer
2 entries- កួច verb (to twist or whirl)
- បង្វិល verb (to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl)
Korean
1 entries- 소용돌이 noun (whirling eddy)
Māori
4 entries- kōriporipo noun (whirling eddy)
- kōmingo verb (to twist or whirl)
- kōripo verb (to twist or whirl)
- miro verb (to twist or whirl)
Portuguese
2 entries- redemoinho noun (whirling eddy)
- remoinho noun (whirling eddy)
Russian
2 entries- водоворо́т noun (whirling eddy)
- завито́к noun (twist or coil of something)
Spanish
4 entries- remolino noun (whirling eddy)
- arremolinar verb (to twist or whirl)
- arremolinarse verb (to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl)
- girar verb (to twist or whirl)
Walloon
2 entries- neyisse noun (whirling eddy)
- toubion noun (whirling eddy)
Zazaki
2 entries- tahnen verb (to be arranged in a twist, spiral or whorl)
- têvden verb (to twist or whirl)
Sample sentences
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On a moonless summer night in Hawaii, krill, fish and crabs swirl through a beam of light as two researchers peer into the water above a vibrant reef.
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Adriano felt the wind swirl around him.
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The wind made the sand swirl and sting.
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