| NOUN | shape | spiral | a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center |
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| shape | spiral, helix | a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle | |
| process | spiral | a continuously accelerating change in the economy | |
| artifact | spiral, volute | ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center | |
| artifact | spiral, coil, volute, whorl, helix | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops | |
| act | spiral | flying downward in a helical path with a large radius | |
| VERB | motion | spiral, gyrate, coil | to wind or move in a spiral course |
| stative | spiral | form a spiral / spiral | |
| motion | spiral, corkscrew | move in a spiral or zigzag course | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | spiral, coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate | in the shape of a coil |
| Sounds | spay'rahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | In the shape of a coil. | |
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| Synonyms | coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate | |
| Broader | coiled | curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) |
| Spanish | helicoidal | |
| Catalan | helicoïdal | |
| Adverbs | spirally | with spirals |
| Meaning | A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center. | |
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| Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| Spanish | espiral | |
| Catalan | espiral | |
| Verbs | spiral | to wind or move in a spiral course |
| spiral | form a spiral / spiral | |
| Meaning | A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle. | |
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| Synonym | helix | |
| Narrower | double helix | A pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis |
| Broader | curve, curved shape | The trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
| Spanish | espiral, hélice | |
| Catalan | espiral, hèlix | |
| Verbs | spiral | form a spiral / spiral |
| Meaning | A continuously accelerating change in the economy. | |
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| Narrower | deflationary spiral | An episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value |
| inflationary spiral | An episode of inflation in which prices / prices and wages increase at an increasing rate and currency rapidly loses value | |
| Broader | economic process | Any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth |
| Meaning | ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center. | |
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| Synonym | volute | |
| Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation | Something used to beautify |
| Spanish | espiral, voluta | |
| Catalan | espiral, voluta | |
| Meaning | A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops. | |
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| Synonyms | coil, volute, whorl, helix | |
| Narrower | hank | A coil of rope or wool or yarn |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
| Spanish | aduja, espiral, hélice, roleo, rosca, voluta | |
| Catalan | espiral | |
| Verbs | spiral | to wind or move in a spiral course |
| Meaning | flying downward in a helical path with a large radius. | |
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| Broader | rotation, rotary motion | The act of rotating as if on an axis |
| Spanish | movimiento en espiral | |
| Catalan | espiral | |
| Verbs | spiral | move in a spiral or zigzag course |
| Meaning | To wind or move in a spiral course. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | gyrate, coil | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | enrollarse, enrollar, girar | |
| Catalan | girar | |
| Nouns | spiral | a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops |
| spiral | a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center | |
| Meaning | form a spiral / spiral. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | The wires spiral around the stick | |
| Example | "The path spirals up the mountain" | |
| Broader | wind, twist, curve | Extend in curves and turns |
| Nouns | spiral | a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center |
| spiral | a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle | |
| Meaning | Move in a spiral or zigzag course. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | corkscrew | |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| Spanish | desenroscarse, desenroscar, enroscarse, enroscar, girar en espiral | |
| Nouns | spiral | flying downward in a helical path with a large radius |
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