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English verb: gyrate | |||
| 1. | gyrate (motion) to wind or move in a spiral course | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | coil, spiral | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
| 2. | gyrate (motion) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | ||
| Samples | The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy. | ||
| Synonyms | reel, spin, spin around, whirl | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go around, revolve, rotate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | whirligig | ||
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