Gyre

Quick meaning: Gyre is a noun meaning A swirling vortex.

Meaning

A swirling vortex.

More Meanings

1. A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
2. (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
3. (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
4. (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.
5. (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.

Example Sentences

Quick, and more quick he ſpins in giddy Gires, / Then falls, and in much Foam his Soul expires.

Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out.

Jabberwocky. / 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wa[b]e; / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, […]

Word Forms

• gyres
• gyring
• gyred

Synonyms for gyre

Depending on context, synonyms include circuit, whirl, gyrus, revolve, rotate, coil.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whorl, curlicue, coil, roll, curl, scroll.

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