Definition of gyrate Gyrate
/ʤajˈɹejˌt/ - [jayreyt] - gy•rate
We found 9 definitions of gyrate from 6 different sources.
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What does gyrate mean?
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| gyrate - 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"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" | ||
| spiral, coil | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| gyrate - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" | ||
| spin, spin around, whirl, reel | ||
| revolve, go around, rotate turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" | ||
| whirligig whirl or spin like a whirligig | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gyrate (Verb)
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. - gyrate (Adjective)
Having coils or convolutions.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gyrate (a.)
Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. - gyrate (n.)
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gyrate
To position by moving an object around its axis.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gyrate
jī′rāt, v.i. to whirl round a central point: to move round.—adj. (bot.) winding round.—n. Gyrā′tion, act of whirling round a central point: a spiral motion.—adjs. Gy′ratory, Gyrā′tional, moving in a circle. [L. gyrāre, -ātum, to move in a circle.]
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🔤- gyrate, verb, present, 1st person singular of gyrate (infinitive).
- gyrate, verb (infinitive).
- gyrate, adjective.
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