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Antonyms for gyrate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt; adjective jahy-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈdʒaɪ reɪt, dʒaɪˈreɪt; adjective ˈdʒaɪ reɪt


Definition of gyrate

Origin :
  • 1822 (implied in gyrated), back-formation from gyration. Related: Gyrated; gyrating.
  • verb revolve
Example sentences :
  • Others began to gyrate over and under their horses in a dizzy way.
  • Extract from : « Crooked Trails » by Frederic Remington
  • "Well, it's like this," she said, and again the toe began to gyrate in the snow.
  • Extract from : « Neighbours » by Robert Stead
  • Both the image before them, and the distant figure on the knoll were seen to wave arms and gyrate simultaneously.
  • Extract from : « The Great Gray Plague » by Raymond F. Jones
  • These sometimes circle and gyrate for some time after they are flushed before settling on the sea again.
  • Extract from : « British Sea Birds » by Charles Dixon
  • Some are endeavouring to dance with little more terra firma to gyrate upon than 'La Nena' had on her foot square of table.
  • Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
  • A few couples were beginning to gyrate among the fumes of spaghetti and vin ordinaire.
  • Extract from : « A Top-Floor Idyl » by George van Schaick
  • At times when close together, several may merge and form a large, irregular, gyrate patch.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The molecules show all kinds of possible combinations; the combinations spin, turn head over heels, and gyrate in endless ways.
  • Extract from : « Occult Chemistry » by Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater
  • He then took off his boots and his coat, and standing on his toes he commenced to gyrate with extraordinary rapidity.
  • Extract from : « The Crock of Gold » by James Stephens
  • It could gyrate in a spiral, or spin on its axis in a rectilinear path like a rifled bullet.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 » by Various

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