gyrate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: gy=rate

CIDE DICTIONARY

gyrate, a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.].

 Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.  [1913 Webster]

gyrate, v. i. [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.].

 To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gyrate, v. & adj.
--v.intr. go in a circle or spiral; revolve, whirl.
--adj. Bot. arranged in rings or convolutions.

Derivative

gyration n. gyratorn. gyratory adj.

Etymology

L gyrare gyrat- revolve f. gyrus ring f. Gk guros

THESAURUS

gyrate

advance, ascend, back, back up, budge, change, change place, circle, circulate, circumrotate, circumvolute, climb, crank, descend, ebb, flow, get over, go, go around, go round, go sideways, gyre, mount, move, move over, pirouette, pivot, plunge, progress, purl, regress, retrogress, revolve, rise, roll, rotate, round, run, screw, shift, sink, soar, spin, stir, stream, subside, swing, swirl, swivel, travel, turn, turn a pirouette, turn about, turn around, turn round, twirl, twist, wamble, wane, wheel, whirl, whirligig, wind

ROGET THESAURUS

gyrate

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.