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Synonyms for eddying


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ed-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛd i

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Définition of eddying

Origin :
  • 1810, from eddy (n.). Related: Eddied; eddying.
  • As in roll : verb revolve, turn; proceed smoothly
  • As in surge : verb rush, usually in liquid form
  • As in swirl : verb spin around
  • As in turn : verb revolve, curve
  • As in whirl : verb spin around
  • As in bubble : verb foam, froth up, especially with sound
Example sentences :
  • A moment more and we are in the midst of the eddying, rushing, foaming rapids.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • My gaze was bewildered by the endless, eddying stream of birds.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • The eddying, swirling, hissing water was dragging at her feet.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
  • It was no longer stagnant now, but seething and eddying like a whirlpool.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Golden Star ... » by George Chetwynd Griffith
  • All without and within the man was eddying, swirling blackness.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • In the court the wind was eddying, and beneath some door he could hear it drone insistently.
  • Extract from : « Simon » by J. Storer Clouston
  • The night wind burst in, eddying, and puffed out the lamp with a breath.
  • Extract from : « Americans All » by Various
  • The pool is formed by the eddying of the stream round a rock.
  • Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
  • I could only hope that it would not turn over in the eddying waters.
  • Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • But sharks and porpoises are too small to have made this eddying.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of the Abyss » by Murray Leinster

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