Main entry: spiral
Definition: flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
Main entry: coil, spiral, helix, whorl, volute
Definition: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
Usage: a coil of rope
Definition: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
Main entry: spiral
Definition: a continuously accelerating change in the economy
Main entry: spiral
Definition: a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
Definition: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
Main entry: gyrate, spiral, coil
Definition: to wind or move in a spiral course
Usage: 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
Definition: move in a spiral or zigzag course
Main entry: spiral
Definition: form a spiral
Usage: The path spirals up the mountain
Main entry: coiling, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, helical, whorled, volute, voluted
Definition: in the shape of a coil