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Synonyms for eddying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ed-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛd i |
Top 10 synonyms for eddying Other synonyms for the word eddying
- agitate
- alternate
- arc
- arise
- be in sequence
- bend
- billow
- bowl
- circle
- circulate
- circumduct
- coil
- come around
- corner
- crimp
- crisp
- curl
- curve
- deluge
- drape
- drive
- eddy
- effervesce
- elapse
- enfold
- entwine
- envelop
- fizz
- flow
- fold
- follow
- furl
- go around
- go past
- go round
- ground
- gush
- gyrate
- gyre
- hang a left
- hang a right
- heave
- impel
- incline
- issue
- loop
- make a left
- make a right
- moil
- mount
- move in a circle
- murmur
- negotiate
- orbit
- oscillate
- pass
- pass around
- pirouette
- pivot
- pour
- propel
- purl
- reel
- revolve
- ripple
- rise
- rock
- roil
- roll
- rotate
- round
- run
- seep
- seethe
- simmer
- sluice
- smolder
- snake
- sparkle
- spin
- spiral
- spume
- stir
- stream
- succeed
- surge
- swaddle
- swash
- swathe
- sway
- swell
- swing
- swing around
- swirl
- swivel
- swoosh
- take a bend
- tower
- trickle
- trundle
- turn
- turn around
- twirl
- twist
- undulate
- vibrate
- weave
- well
- well forth
- wheel
- whir
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whorl
- wind
- wrap
- wriggle
- yaw
Définition of eddying
Origin :- 1810, from eddy (n.). Related: Eddied; eddying.
- As in roll : verb revolve, turn; proceed smoothly
- As in surge : verb rush, usually in liquid form
- As in swirl : verb spin around
- As in turn : verb revolve, curve
- As in whirl : verb spin around
- As in bubble : verb foam, froth up, especially with sound
- A moment more and we are in the midst of the eddying, rushing, foaming rapids.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- My gaze was bewildered by the endless, eddying stream of birds.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- The eddying, swirling, hissing water was dragging at her feet.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
- It was no longer stagnant now, but seething and eddying like a whirlpool.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Golden Star ... » by George Chetwynd Griffith
- All without and within the man was eddying, swirling blackness.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- In the court the wind was eddying, and beneath some door he could hear it drone insistently.
- Extract from : « Simon » by J. Storer Clouston
- The night wind burst in, eddying, and puffed out the lamp with a breath.
- Extract from : « Americans All » by Various
- The pool is formed by the eddying of the stream round a rock.
- Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
- I could only hope that it would not turn over in the eddying waters.
- Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
- But sharks and porpoises are too small to have made this eddying.
- Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster
Antonyms for eddying
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