| NOUN | artifact | reel | a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector |
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| communication | reel | music composed for dancing a reel | |
| artifact | reel | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle | |
| artifact | reel, bobbin, spool | a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound | |
| act | reel, Scottish reel | a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders | |
| act | reel, Virginia reel | an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines | |
| VERB | motion | reel, stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| motion | reel, spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | |
| contact | reel | wind onto or off a reel |
| Sounds | riy'l | |
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| Rhymes | abele ... zeal: 65 rhymes with iyl... | |
| Meaning | A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector. | |
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| Broader | film, photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion |
| Spanish | carrete | |
| Verbs | reel | wind onto or off a reel |
| Meaning | music composed for dancing a reel. | |
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| Broader | dance music | Music to dance to |
| Meaning | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig | gear used in fishing |
| Part of | fishing rod, fishing pole | A rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line |
| Broader | winder | mechanical device around which something can be wound |
| Spanish | carrete | |
| Catalan | rodet | |
| Verbs | reel | wind onto or off a reel |
| Meaning | A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound. | |
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| Synonyms | bobbin, spool | |
| Narrower | filature | A bobbin used in spinning silk into thread |
| shuttle | bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads | |
| Broader | winder | mechanical device around which something can be wound |
| Spanish | bobina, canilla, carrete, devanador, huso | |
| Catalan | bobina, carrell, sargeta | |
| Verbs | reel | wind onto or off a reel |
| Meaning | A lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps. | |
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| Synonym | Scottish reel | |
| Narrower | eightsome | A Scottish reel for eight dancers |
| highland fling | A vigorous Scottish reel | |
| Broader | square dance, square dancing | American country dancing in which couples form squares |
| Meaning | An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines. | |
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| Synonym | Virginia reel | |
| Broader | longways, longways dance | country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other |
| Meaning | walk as if unable to control one's movements. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | stagger, keel, lurch, swag, careen | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | tambalearse, titubear, vacilar | |
| Catalan | titubar, trontollar, vacil·lar | |
| Nouns | reeler | someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall |
| Meaning | revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | spin, spin around, whirl, gyrate | |
| Narrower | whirligig | whirl or spin like a whirligig |
| Broader | revolve, go around, rotate | turn on or around an axis or a center |
| Spanish | girar, narrar, rotar | |
| Catalan | arremolinar-se, arremolinar, fer girar, girar, narrar, rotar | |
| Meaning | wind onto or off a reel. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Narrower | reel off, unreel | unwind from or as if from a reel |
| Broader | wind, wrap, roll, twine | Arrange or or coil around |
| Spanish | devanar | |
| Catalan | desenrotllar, enrotllar | |
| Nouns | reel | a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound |
| reel | winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle | |
| reel | a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector | |
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