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Meanings of eddy in English

Catalan
arremolinar-se

Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

arremolinar-se
Portuguese
remoinho

A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself.

remoinho
Synonyms
Examples for "twist"
Examples for "twist"
1
More recently, the argument has - unsurprisingly - taken an environmental twist.
The Irish Times
2
The fire makes the red rose in his hand glow and twist.
Men, Women and Ghosts
3
A final twist in the tale appears to have taken place since.
The Guardian
4
Just managed twist out of way so it struck tree just behind.
English passengers
5
Politically, the opposition True Finns party is seeking to twist the knife.
The Guardian
Russian
вихри в океане
Portuguese
turbilhonamento

Swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime.

вихри в океане
Usage of eddy in English
1
Then nothing, save the lap and eddy of the water far away.
The Woman in Black
2
The junction appeared deeper; water churned in a putrid eddy of cross-currents.
The water room
3
For I was now strangely interested in these men of the eddy.
Great Possessions
4
An eddy clutched her and drew her swiftly in toward the bank.
Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures; Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund
5
The eddy on which it was poised seizes and drags it down.
A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
6
The eddy was rapidly becoming a whirlpool, the water foaming about it.
Complete Books of Blood
7
The swift current forced me into an eddy close to the camp.
Four Months in a Sneak-Box / A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down th...
8
The river current took it downstream, where it sank in this eddy.
The abduction
9
We appear to have such an eddy around Station 19, for example.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...
10
In no eddy of the Galactic stream has it been heard of.
Second Foundation
11
This is but an eddy on the surface of a moving stream.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
12
An eddy seemed to be carrying him off towards the opposite bank.
The Gilpins and their Fortunes: A Story of Early Days in Austral...
13
No, a fierce back eddy caught it and set it straight again.
Finished
14
There, in a little eddy of sidewalk traffic, he drew them together.
The Secret Wireless; Or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol
15
Wherever he moved an eddy of laughter and gayety went with him.
Mavericks
16
No one falling into that circling eddy has ever escaped with life.
The Ferryman of Brill, and Other Stories
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Translations for eddy
Eddy through the time
Eddy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common