gyre

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

gyre, n. [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s round.].

 A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.  [1913 Webster]
"Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres."  [1913 Webster]
"Still expanding and ascending gyres."  [1913 Webster]

gyre, v. t. & i. [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.].

 To turn round; to gyrate.  Bp. Hall. Drayton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gyre, v. & n. esp. poet.
--v.intr. whirl or gyrate.
--n. a gyration.

Etymology

L gyrus ring f. Gk guros

THESAURUS

gyre

Baba Yaga, Charybdis, Lilith, afreet, barghest, cacodemon, circle, circling, circuit, circuiteer, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulate, circulation, circumambience, circumambiency, circumambulate, circumambulation, circumflexion, circumlocution, circummigrate, circummigration, circumnavigate, circumnavigation, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute, circumvolution, cirrus, close the circle, coil, come full circle, compass, corkscrew, crank, curl, curlicue, cycle, daeva, demon, describe a circle, deviance, deviancy, deviation, devil, deviousness, digression, dizzy round, dybbuk, eddy, encircle, encompass, evil genius, evil spirit, evolute, excursion, excursus, fiend, fiend from hell, flank, genie, genius, ghoul, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go round, go the round, gurge, gyrate, gyration, gyring, helix, hellion, incubus, indirection, involute, jinni, jinniyeh, kink, lamia, lap, maelstrom, make a circuit, meandering, orbit, orbiting, pirouette, pivot, purl, rakshasa, rat race, reel, revolve, ringlet, roll, rotate, rotation, round, roundaboutness, rounding, satan, screw, scroll, shedu, skirt, spin, spiral, spiraling, succubus, surge, surround, swing, swirl, swivel, tendril, the undead, turn, turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, turning, twirl, twist, vampire, volute, volution, vortex, wamble, wheel, wheeling, whirl, whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, whorl, wind, yogini

ROGET THESAURUS

gyre

Rotation

VB rotate, roll along, revolve, spin, turn round, circumvolve, circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl, roll up, furl, wallow, welter, box the compass, spin like a top, spin like a teetotum, spin out.