gyrate (v)
spiral (v)
coil (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 38
def to wind or move in a spiral course
examples the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action
black smoke coiling up into the sky
the young people gyrated on the dance floor
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym turn
Derivationally related form coil → coil; coil → coil
Derivationally related form spiral → spiral
Derivationally related form spiral → spiral
Derivationally related form gyrate → gyration
Incoming links
Derivationally related form gyration → gyrate
Derivationally related form spiral → spiral
Derivationally related form coil → coil; coil → coil
Derivationally related form spiral → spiral
Hyponym turn

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