Thesaurus: eddy
A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
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Definitions
- n. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
- n. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
- v. i. To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
- v. t. To collect as into an eddy.
- n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
- v. flow in a circular current, of liquids
- To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth.
- v:34/n:66 n. founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself v. flow in a circular current, of liquids