Eddy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion.
  • n. A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.
  • verb-intransitive. To move in or as if in an eddy. See Synonyms at turn.
  • v. To cause to move in or as if in an eddy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. Especially a circular current.
  • v. To form an eddy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.
  • n. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.
  • verb-intransitive. To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
  • v. To collect as into an eddy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A part of a fluid, as a stream of water, which has a rotatory motion; any small whirl or vortex in a fluid.
  • n. Synonyms See stream.
  • To move circularly or in a winding manner, as the water of an eddy, or so as to resemble the movement of an eddy.
  • To cause to move in an eddy; collect as into an eddy; cause to whirl.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)
  • v. flow in a circular current, of liquids
  • n. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
  • Verb Form
    eddied    eddies    eddying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    religious person    course    feed    flow    run    stream    current   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    eddied   
    Form
    eddied    eddying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    whirlpool    swirl    gurge    countercurrent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eddie    Freddie    Freddy    Reddy    Teddie    Teddy    already    bready    heady    leddy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ebb    maelstrom    swirl    whirlpool    ripple    whirl    vortex    squall    whirlwind    gust