spiral

adjective

  1. 1

    in the shape of a coil

noun

  1. 1

    flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

  2. 2

    a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

    a coil of rope

  3. 3

    ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

  4. 4

    a continuously accelerating change in the economy

  5. 5

    a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

  6. 6

    a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

verb

  1. 1

    to wind or move in a spiral course

    the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action

    black smoke coiling up into the sky

  2. 2

    move in a spiral or zigzag course

  3. 3

    form a spiral

    The path spirals up the mountain

Synonyms

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