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"text": "A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "vorbull"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"feminine"
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"word": "دَوَّامَة"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "ջրապտույտ"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "հորձանուտ"
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"word": "вір"
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"masculine"
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"word": "водовъртеж"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "remolí"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "渦流"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wōliú",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "涡流"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "draaikolk"
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"word": "akvokirlo"
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"word": "akvoturno"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "pyörre"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "vesipyörre"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "kurimus"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"word": "tourbillon"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "morevi",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "მორევი"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wirbel"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Strudel"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "de",
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"note": "of a river",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Stromschnelle"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"roman": "dínē",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"roman": "îlinx",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἶλιγξ"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "he",
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"roman": "ma'arbólet",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מְעַרְבֹּלֶת"
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"roman": "jalghumar",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जलघुमर"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "örvény"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "aquovortico"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"masculine"
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"word": "mulinello"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"word": "gorgo"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "渦"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"masculine"
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"word": "gurges"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"word": "вител"
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"roman": "vrtež",
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"word": "вртеж"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "toiremi"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "āwhiowhio"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "au"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "strømvirvel"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"roman": "gerdâb",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "گرداب"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"word": "Wirbelstroom"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"word": "vorágine"
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "te",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "సుడిగుండము"
},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "anafor"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "burgaç"
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"roman": "vyr",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "вир"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "swirling body of water",
"word": "xoáy nước"
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Welsh",
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"ref": "1995, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 21, number 6, page 56",
"text": "The meatloaf has been cooking in the oven for the last hour and should be ready just about the time George climbs out of the whirlpool.",
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}
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"glosses": [
"A hot tub, jacuzzi."
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]
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[
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],
[
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]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈwɝlpul/",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhwɝlpul/",
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]
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"en:Bathing",
"en:Bodies of water",
"en:Water"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whirlpoole"
},
"expansion": "whirlpoole",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whirlpole"
},
"expansion": "whirlpole",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whirl",
"3": "pool"
},
"expansion": "whirl + pool",
"name": "compound"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whirlpit"
},
"expansion": "whirlpit",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier whirlpoole, whirlpole, equivalent to whirl + pool. Compare whirlpit.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whirlpools",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "whirlpooling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "whirlpooled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "whirlpooled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whirlpool (third-person singular simple present whirlpools, present participle whirlpooling, simple past and past participle whirlpooled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"whirl‧pool"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool."
],
"links": [
[
"spin",
"spin"
],
[
"swirl",
"swirl"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To spin or swirl like the water in a whirlpool."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɝlpul/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhwɝlpul/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɜːlpuːl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-whirlpool.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/En-au-whirlpool.ogg/En-au-whirlpool.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/En-au-whirlpool.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"whirlpool"
],
"word": "whirlpool"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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