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Meanings of eddies in English
Russian
вихри в океане Portuguese
turbilhonamento Swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime.
Synonyms
Examples for "eddy"
Examples for "eddy"
1
Then nothing, save the lap and eddy of the water far away.
2
The junction appeared deeper; water churned in a putrid eddy of cross-currents.
3
For I was now strangely interested in these men of the eddy.
4
An eddy clutched her and drew her swiftly in toward the bank.
5
The eddy on which it was poised seizes and drags it down.
Usage of eddies in English
1
It was particularly strong today, the billows and eddies tinged deep purple.
2
The river ran sluggishly, and skin ice formed in the quiet eddies.
3
Jason will see the surface waters rise as warm eddies fuel hurricanes.
4
Inflation theory explains the ripples and eddies that make our universe possible.
5
She could scarcely make any headway at all in the fierce eddies.
6
The torrent-like current made great eddies where the light played upon it.
7
The tobacco smoke eddies and sucks upward to join the wood smoke.
8
At last the commotion ceased, the eddies disappeared, and the strain slackened.
9
Wherever he looked, the sand was moving in slow streams and eddies.
10
Lips moved, eyes flashed, waving arms made sudden eddies in the smoke.
11
That is the drift of the current in spite of the eddies.
12
This summons and response were whirled on eddies of smoke and flame.
13
I twirled in a slow circle, stirring up eddies at my feet.
14
Cline is also adept at swirling little eddies of unease into motion.
15
Sleet blew between us and them in eddies, but never obscured them.
16
I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
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Eddies through the time
Eddies across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common