Helix - English meaning

noun

A length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.

Usage examples:

A coil of rope

verb

Arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.

Usage examples:

He began to coil up the heavy ropes

noun

A confusion or turmoil.

Usage examples:

But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the national health s…

noun

A thing that is complex and difficult to follow.

Usage examples:

The convolutions of farm policy

noun

A twist

Usage examples:

An intricate pattern of endless convolutions, the movie's plot twists and convolutions demand a lot…

noun

A device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it.

Usage examples:

Then he puts the bottle between his legs and inserts an old fashioned corkscrew, pulls and tugs bef…

verb

Move or twist in a spiral motion.

Usage examples:

The plane was corkscrewing towards the earth

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

Usage examples:

Her fingers curled round the microphone

noun

Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.

Usage examples:

Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

noun

A decorative curl or twist in calligraphy or in the design of an object.

Usage examples:

The wide bridge was decorated with gilded wrought-iron curlicues

verb

Whirl or gyrate.

Usage examples:

A swarm of ghosts gyred around him

noun

A spiral or vortex.

Usage examples:

The two source waters of the cold fresh arctic water and the warm salty atlantic water form a cyclo…

noun

A circular pattern of ocean currents (= flows of water in a particular direction)

Usage examples:

The area is one of the world’s five major ocean gyres – huge systems of rotating currents., the haw…

noun

A shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

Usage examples:

Make a loop in the twine

verb

Form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

Usage examples:

She looped her arms around his neck

noun

A circular shape made by something long and narrow in which the two ends cross each other, leaving an open space within

Usage examples:

A loop of thread from my sweater caught on a nail., the exit ramp makes a loop under the elevated h…

noun

A roll of parchment or paper for writing on.

Usage examples:

He held out a papyrus scroll, bound with papyrus reeds.

verb

The facility which moves a display on a computer screen in order to view new material.

Usage examples:

If scroll is enabled, the window scrolls down

verb

To move text or pictures up or down on a computer screen to view different parts of them

Usage examples:

Scroll to the end of the document., parchment/ancient scrolls, a painted japanese scroll

adjective

Winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either round a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone.

Usage examples:

A spiral pattern

noun

A spiral curve, shape, pattern, or object.

Usage examples:

A spiral of smoke

verb

Move in a spiral course.

Usage examples:

A wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees

verb

Spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly.

Usage examples:

She twirled in delight to show off her new dress

noun

An act of spinning.

Usage examples:

Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror

verb

To turn in a circle, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] skaters leapt and twirled on the ice., she does a twirl to show off her pre…

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

noun

A spiral scroll characteristic of ionic capitals and also used in corinthian and composite capitals.

Usage examples:

The only other pieces close in date to it are two composite capitals (also from the mid-10th centur…

adjective

Forming a spiral curve or curves.

Usage examples:

A volute capital

noun

A rolling or revolving motion.

noun

A pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

Usage examples:

Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad

verb

Spiral or move in a twisted and convoluted fashion.

Usage examples:

Another external clue seems to be hair whorling anti-clockwise on the head, which is now also thoug…

noun

A circular pattern of lines, with the smallest circle in the middle, surrounded by other circles, each one wider and larger than the previous one