spirals

To spiral is to move in a circular or spiral pattern. When you spiral your arm around, you are creating a spiral.

  • The spiral in the glass was beautiful.

  • The spiral on the door was very pretty.

Definition of spirals

noun

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

Synonyms:

coil, helix, volute, whorl

noun

a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

Synonyms:

helix

noun

ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

Synonyms:

volute

verb

move in a spiral or zigzag course

Synonyms:

corkscrew

verb

to wind or move in a spiral course

Synonyms:

coil, gyrate

adjective

in the shape of a coil

Synonyms:

coiling, helical, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorled

noun

a continuously accelerating change in the economy

noun

a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

noun

flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

verb

form a spiral

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Example Sentences for spirals

  • 1

    The image of the spiral is incorrect.

  • 2

    The spiral patterens in the weather are not fictitious.

  • 3

    The waves roll in spiraling currents.

  • 4

    It's found in the structure of crystals and the spiral of galaxies.

  • 5

    It added the notable feature of plasma spiraling.

  • 6

    Open the door and you will be in a spiraling corridor.

  • 7

    The vaults are painted with spiraling vegetal motifs.

  • 8

    A spiral stairway leads to the observatory at the top of the structure.

  • 9

    Notice that the spiral structure ends at the onset of the bulge.

  • 10

    The centres of the circles in the sequence lie on a logarithmic spiral.