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Meanings of whirlpool in English

Portuguese
funil
Catalan
re- molí
Spanish
remolino

A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

        funil
        Catalan
        arremolinar-se

        Flow in a circular current, of liquids.

              arremolinar-se
              Usage of whirlpool in English
              1
              The water I had seen; I had not counted on the whirlpool.
              Under the Andes
              2
              But who knows how far the whirlpool might have spread by then?
              Axiomatic
              3
              It shuddered, it was afraid; this vision of a whirlpool haunted him.
              Stella Fregelius: A Tale of Three Destinies
              4
              Others followed the leaders, creating a whirlpool of stampeding, panting, wild-eyed livestock.
              Frontier courtship
              5
              The eddy was rapidly becoming a whirlpool, the water foaming about it.
              Complete Books of Blood
              6
              I was sitting upon the brim, and gazing down into the whirlpool.
              Debts of Honor
              7
              During my sorrows of the night, the whirlpool of my sighs bears
              Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
              8
              Where a bridge spans the stream, beware of swimming through the whirlpool.
              Joshua — Volume 2
              9
              Inside the plastic water tank, liquid is spinning in a wild whirlpool.
              Breathe
              10
              Soon she would be tossed about on the whirlpool and swallowed up.
              The Man on the Box
              11
              They were anxious to get as far as possible from the whirlpool.
              Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters
              12
              And pretty soon there were barrels in the rapids and the whirlpool.
              The day the falls stood still
              13
              Ross pulled the card closer, staring at the whirlpool of parallel lines.
              Second glance
              14
              She was falling into a whirlpool of sensations that were almost overwhelming.
              Embrace the darkness
              15
              Dear friend,-HereI am at last, settled in this whirlpool of London.
              Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
              16
              But now he saw it lit and waking, a whirlpool of life.
              When the Sleeper Wakes
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              Whirlpool through the time
              Whirlpool across language varieties
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