gyrate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. to wind or move in a spiral course (Freq. 1)
- the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
- black smoke coiling up into the sky
- the young people gyrated on the dance floor
• Syn:
spiral, coil
• Derivationally related forms:
coil (for: coil), spiral (for: spiral), gyration
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
- The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
• Syn:
spin, spin around, whirl, reel
• Derivationally related forms:
gyration, whirl (for: whirl), whirler (for: whirl), spin (for: spin), spinner (for: spin)
• Hypernyms:
revolve, go around, rotate
• Hyponyms:
whirligig
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  spin, spin around, whirl, reel, spiral, coil