The meaning of Spiral

verb

Go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.

Usage examples:

We began to climb the hill

noun

An ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing.

Usage examples:

This walk involves a long moorland climb

verb

Go up or advance

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

Increase rapidly.

Usage examples:

The price of tickets escalated

verb

To make or become greater or more serious

Usage examples:

[ t ] sending in more troops would escalate the war., [ i ] our costs escalated considerably over t…

verb

To become more important or serious, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

A problem/crisis/dispute escalates mediation can be used to settle disputes at an early stage and s…

verb

Move or cause to move rapidly in a circle or spiral.

Usage examples:

The dog yelped frenetically, wildly gyrating her tail

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around an axis

verb

To swing repeatedly around a fixed point

Usage examples:

She recites a poem while a dancer gyrates next to her.

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

An object having a three-dimensional shape like that of a wire wound uniformly in a single layer around a cylinder or cone, as in a corkscrew or spiral staircase.

Usage examples:

They found that dna consists of two connected twisted strands in the shape of a helix.

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Usage examples:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Usage examples:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Usage examples:

Mount etna

noun

A cylindrical projectile that can be propelled to a great height or distance by the combustion of its contents, used typically as a firework or signal.

Usage examples:

The famed brooklyn amusement park is a recurring motif in these paintings that feature carousel hor…

verb

(of an amount, price, etc.) increase very rapidly and suddenly.

Usage examples:

Sales of milk in supermarkets are rocketing

noun

An edible mediterranean plant of the cabbage family, whose leaves are eaten in salads.

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

noun

A rocket designed to explode high in the air as a signal or firework.

Usage examples:

The crowd at st heliers bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets…

verb

(of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly.

Usage examples:

The cost of the welfare system has skyrocketed

verb

(esp. of amounts) to rise extremely quickly

Usage examples:

The value of their business skyrocketed last year.

noun

A long limbless reptile which has no eyelids, a short tail, and jaws that are capable of considerable extension. some snakes have a venomous bite.

Usage examples:

The copperhead, a venomous snake, is dangerous, but its bite is rarely life-threatening to healthy …

verb

Move or extend with the twisting motion of a snake.

Usage examples:

A rope snaked down

noun

An animal with a long, cylindrical body and no legs

Usage examples:

People spent hours waiting in lines that snaked around the stadium to get tickets.

verb

Fly or rise high in the air.

Usage examples:

The bird spread its wings and soared into the air

verb

To increase or go up quickly to a high level

Usage examples:

Temperatures/prices soared, my spirits soared when i heard the good news., planes soared overhead.,…

verb

To increase quickly in amount, number, value, or level

Usage examples:

Corn, soybean, and wheat prices all soared this year., the organic industry's sales are soaring., a…

verb

Move in a twisting or spiralling pattern.

Usage examples:

The smoke was swirling around him

noun

A quantity of something moving in a twisting or spiralling pattern.

Usage examples:

Swirls of dust swept across the floor

verb

To move quickly with a twisting circular movement, or to cause something to move this way

Usage examples:

[ i ] snowflakes swirled down from the sky., [ i ] fig. accusations continue to swirl around him., …

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

noun

The perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.

Usage examples:

The wind howled about the building

verb

Cause (someone) to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.

Usage examples:

The fall nearly winded him

noun

A twist or turn in a course.

Usage examples:

After a few minutes of puzzled winds and twists and turns and curses muttered under my breath, i co…

verb

Cover, surround, or encircle (something).

Usage examples:

He sits wreathed in smoke

verb

To cover or surround something

Usage examples:

The peak of the mountain is perpetually wreathed in cloud.