| NOUN | event | whirlpool, vortex, maelstrom | a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) |
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| VERB | motion | whirlpool, eddy, purl, swirl, whirl | flow in a circular current, of liquids / liquids |
| Sounds | hhwer'lpuw.l; wer'lpuw.l | |
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| Rhymes | Blackpool ... Yule: 48 rhymes with uwl... | |
| Meaning | A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides). | |
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| Synonyms | vortex, maelstrom | |
| Narrower | Charybdis | (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla |
| Broader | current, stream | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) |
| Spanish | remolino, torbellino, vorágine, vórtice | |
| Catalan | maelstrom, re- molí, remolí, vòrtex, xuclador | |
| Verbs | whirlpool | flow in a circular current, of liquids / liquids |
| Meaning | Flow in a circular current, of liquids / liquids. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | eddy, purl, swirl, whirl | |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Spanish | arremolinarse, girar, remolinear | |
| Catalan | arremolinar-se, arremolinar, arrombollar-se, arrombollar, girar | |
| Nouns | whirlpool | a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) |
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