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swirling

 
Adjective swirling has 1 sense
  1. whirling, swirling - moving or driven rapidly in a rotary or twisting motion; "a tornado's whirling winds"; "swirling currents"
    Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
Verb swirl has 2 senses
  1. twirl, swirl, twiddle, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"
    --1 is one way to revolve, go around, rotate
    Derived form: noun swirl1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl - flow in a circular current, of liquids
    --2 is one way to run, flow, feed, course
    Derived form: noun swirl1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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