'Gyrate' definitions:
Definition of 'gyrate'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: gyrate, spiral, coil]
verb
Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
Definition of 'Gyrate'
From: GCIDE
- Gyrate \Gy"rate\ (j[imac]"r[asl]t), a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gyrate'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'gyrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- ascend,
- back,
- back up,
- budge,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- circulate,
- circumrotate,
- circumvolute,
- climb,
- crank,
- descend,
- ebb,
- flow,
- get over,
- go,
- go around,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- gyre,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- pirouette,
- pivot,
- plunge,
- progress,
- purl,
- regress,
- retrogress,
- revolve,
- rise,
- roll,
- rotate,
- round,
- run,
- screw,
- shift,
- sink,
- soar,
- spin,
- stir,
- stream,
- subside,
- swing,
- swirl,
- swivel,
- travel,
- turn,
- turn a pirouette,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn round,
- twirl,
- twist,
- wamble,
- wane,
- wheel,
- whirl,
- whirligig,
- wind