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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
Synonyms
Examples for "whirl"
Examples for "whirl"
1
They're unnerving even now, months later; Grand Central without its human whirl.
The Irish Times
2
She clung to this idea in the whirl of the new life.
A Little Journey in the World
3
The bow-string holding the stick made it whirl in the hole beneath.
Stories of American Life and Adventure
4
The animal disappeared, swallowed in the whirl-wind that encompassed her and it.
A Man Four-Square
5
The storm was coming, and it would have to whirl its course.
The Wolf’s Hour
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
1
The warning comes as questions swirl through financial markets over Deutsche Bank.
Reuters
2
It is easy to forget everything else, and let time swirl away.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
3
The water-carrier of the moment disappeared in a swirl of excited contestants.
African Camp Fires
4
His Beverly Hills home became the scene of a constant social swirl.
Wired
5
Then there are the personal expectations that swirl around the new leader.
The Guardian
1
I could hear the gentle purl of the stream on my right.
Harvest Home
2
One, two, three, four, five, and then three purl; that is right.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
3
When the knitting is round, you purl and knit the intake alternately.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
4
I can't leave her behind... purl three... you know what she's like.'
The corfu trilogy
5
Mag counted up her dropped stitch and began again, knit, purl, purl.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
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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