"gyrate" meaning in English

See gyrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more gyrate [comparative], most gyrate [superlative]
Etymology: From gyrus (“fold, convolution”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|gyrus|-ate|id2=adjective|pos2=adjective-forming suffix|t1=fold, convolution}} gyrus (“fold, convolution”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} gyrate (comparative more gyrate, superlative most gyrate)
  1. (biology) Having coils or convolutions. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (having coils or convolutions): спираловиден (spiraloviden) (Bulgarian), завит (zavit) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-gyrate-en-adj-~vE3I0Jq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Rotation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (adjective): 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Rotation: 47 53 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdʒaɪɹeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈd͡ʒaɪˌɹeɪt/ [General-American], /d͡ʒaɪˈɹeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-gyrate.ogg Forms: gyrates [present, singular, third-person], gyrating [participle, present], gyrated [participle, past], gyrated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn Etymology: Back-formation from gyration, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), further from Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), from Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gew-}}, {{back-formation|en|gyration}} Back-formation from gyration, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{af|en|gyre|-ation|pos2=suffix indicating actions or processes|t1=to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl}} gyre (“to spin around; to gyrate, to whirl; (rare) to make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl”) + -ation (suffix indicating actions or processes), {{inh|en|enm|giren|t=to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle}} Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), {{der|en|fro|girer|t=to turn}} Old French girer (“to turn”), {{der|fro|la|gȳrō|nocat=1|t=to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around}} Latin gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), {{af|la|gȳrus|-ō|nocat=1|pos2=first conjugation verb-forming suffix|t1=circle; circular motion; circuit, course}} gȳrus (“circle; circular motion; circuit, course”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), {{der|en|grc|γῦρος|t=a circle, a ring}} Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “a circle, a ring”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gew-||to bend; to curve}} Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated)
  1. (intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado. Tags: intransitive Translations (to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve): въртя се (vǎrtja se) (Bulgarian), draaien (Dutch), ronddraaien (Dutch), xirar (Galician), دونمك (dönmek) (Ottoman Turkish), вращаться (vraščatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gyrate-en-verb-rUxf7BRi Categories (other): English back-formations, English terms suffixed with -ation, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Rotation Disambiguation of Rotation: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎrtja se",
      "sense": "to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve",
      "word": "въртя се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve",
      "word": "draaien"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve",
      "word": "ronddraaien"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve",
      "word": "xirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dönmek",
      "sense": "to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve",
      "word": "دونمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vraščatʹsja",
      "sense": "to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado — see also revolve",
      "word": "вращаться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyrate"
}

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      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
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        "Having coils or convolutions."
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        "(biology) Having coils or convolutions."
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spiraloviden",
      "sense": "having coils or convolutions",
      "word": "спираловиден"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zavit",
      "sense": "having coils or convolutions",
      "word": "завит"
    }
  ],
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}

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