'Eddy' definitions:
Definition of 'Eddy'
From: WordNet
noun
Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy]
noun
A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: eddy, twist]
verb
Definition of 'Eddy'
From: GCIDE
- Eddy \Ed"dy\ ([e^]d"d[y^]), n.; pl. Eddies ([e^]d"d[i^]z). [Prob. fr. Icel. i[eth]a; cf. Icel. pref. i[eth]- back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-.]
- 1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool. [1913 Webster]
- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Eddy'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Eddy'
From: GCIDE
- Eddy \Ed"dy\, v. t. To collect as into an eddy. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'eddy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- agitation,
- back,
- back stream,
- backflow,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- centrifugate,
- centrifuge,
- Charybdis,
- commotion,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- cyclone,
- disturbance,
- dizzy round,
- dust devil,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- effervescence,
- embroilment,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- flurry,
- fume,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- gyre,
- hurly-burly,
- hurricane,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- Maelstrom,
- maelstrom,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- pirouette,
- purl,
- rat race,
- reel,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regurgitation,
- round,
- ruffle,
- spin,
- stir,
- surge,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- to-do,
- tornado,
- tumult,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- turn,
- twirl,
- twister,
- typhoon,
- uproar,
- vortex,
- waterspout,
- wheel,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- whirlpool,
- whirlwind,
- whorl,
- yeastiness
Eddy -- U.S. County in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Eddy -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
2757
Housing Units (2000) :
1418
Land area (2000) :
630.118543 sq. miles (1631.999466 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
14.109773 sq. miles (36.544144 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
644.228316 sq. miles (1668.543610 sq. km)
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
47.747572 N, 98.975712 W
Eddy -- U.S. County in New Mexico
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Eddy -- U.S. County in New Mexico
Population (2000) :
51658
Housing Units (2000) :
22249
Land area (2000) :
4182.021664 sq. miles (10831.385925 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
15.552658 sq. miles (40.281198 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4197.574322 sq. miles (10871.667123 sq. km)
Located within :
New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location :
32.527170 N, 104.262035 W