Tra từ spiral - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center (Freq. 7)
• Hypernyms:
curve, curved shape
2. a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
• Syn:
helix
• Hypernyms:
curve, curved shape
• Hyponyms:
double helix
3. a continuously accelerating change in the economy
• Hypernyms:
economic process
• Hyponyms:
inflationary spiral, deflationary spiral
4. ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
• Syn:
volute
• Derivationally related forms:
volute (for: volute)
• Hypernyms:
decoration, ornament, ornamentation
5. a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
- a coil of rope
• Syn:
coil, volute, whorl, helix
• Derivationally related forms:
helical (for: helix), volute (for: volute), coil (for: coil)
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
• Hyponyms:
hank
6. flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
• Hypernyms:
rotation, rotary motion

II - verb

1. to wind or move in a spiral course (Freq. 2)
- 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:
gyrate, coil
• Derivationally related forms:
coil (for: coil), gyration (for: gyrate)
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. form a spiral
- The path spirals up the mountain
• Hypernyms:
wind, twist, curve
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- The wires spiral around the stick
3. move in a spiral or zigzag course
• Syn:
corkscrew
• Hypernyms:
turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

III - adjective

in the shape of a coil
• Syn:
coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted,
whorled, turbinate
• Similar to:
coiled
• Derivationally related forms:
volute (for: volute), helix (for: helical)