"gyre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒaɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gyre.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gyres [plural]
enPR: jīər Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gew-}}, {{bor|en|la|gȳrus|t=circle; circular motion}} Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), {{der|en|grc|γῦρος|t=circle; ring}} Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gew-|t=to bend; to curve}} Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”), {{doublet|en|gyro|gyrus|nocap=1}} doublet of gyro and gyrus Head templates: {{en-noun}} gyre (plural gyres)
  1. (chiefly literary, poetic)
    A swirling vortex.
    Tags: literary, poetic Translations (swirling vortex): вихър (vihǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), водовъртеж (vodovǎrtež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pyörre (Finnish), Strudel [masculine] (German), remoinho [masculine] (Portuguese), вихрь (vixrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), remolino [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gyre-en-noun-Yo3gxoFs Disambiguation of 'swirling vortex': 88 3 5 4
  2. (chiefly literary, poetic)
    A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
    Tags: literary, poetic Synonyms: circuit, whirl
    Sense id: en-gyre-en-noun-46dNLXa4
  3. (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”) Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Anatomy Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: gyrus [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-gyre-en-noun-DM4sSSVy Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology, zootomy
  4. (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean. Categories (topical): Oceanography Translations (ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner): кръговрат (krǎgovrat) (Bulgarian), gir [masculine] (Catalan), gir oceànic [masculine] (Catalan), pyörre (Finnish), gyre [masculine] (French), gyre océanique [masculine] (French), ozeanischer Wirbel [masculine] (German), Wirbel [masculine] (German), giro [masculine] (Portuguese), remoinho (Portuguese), turbilhão [masculine] (Portuguese), giro [masculine] (Spanish), giro oceánico [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gyre-en-noun-sJO3MgW4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 10 28 50 5 3 Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography Disambiguation of 'ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner': 1 4 7 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gyral, gyrally, gyreful [obsolete, rare] Related terms: gyrant [rare], gyrate, gyration, gyrator, gyratory, gyrectomy, gyrencephalate, gyro, gyrus
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /d͡ʒaɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gyre.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gyres [present, singular, third-person], gyring [participle, present], gyred [participle, past], gyred [past]
enPR: jīər Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: 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”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre, the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Etymology templates: {{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”), {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{der|en|la|gȳrāre}} Latin gȳrāre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{m|la|gȳrō|t=to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around}} gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), {{m|la|gȳrus|t=circle; circular motion}} gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|conjugation}} conjugation, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{m|la|-ō|pos=suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs}} -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs) Head templates: {{en-verb}} gyre (third-person singular simple present gyres, present participle gyring, simple past and past participle gyred)
  1. (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl. Tags: intransitive, literary, poetic Synonyms: revolve, rotate
    Sense id: en-gyre-en-verb-aGoXzR1a
  2. (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl. Tags: literary, poetic, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-gyre-en-verb-BOJdfLS-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gyring [adjective, noun], gyringly Related terms: gyre-carlin (english: etymologically unrelated)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "swirling vortex",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "водовъртеж"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "swirling vortex",
      "word": "pyörre"
    },
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      "sense": "swirling vortex",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Strudel"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "swirling vortex",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "remoinho"
    },
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      "sense": "swirling vortex",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "вихрь"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "remolino"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "krǎgovrat",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "word": "кръговрат"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gir oceànic"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "word": "pyörre"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gyre océanique"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
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      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
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      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turbilhão"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gyre.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gyre.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gyre.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gyre.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gyre.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "jīər"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gyre"
}

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