Definitions from Wiktionary (gyre)
▸ noun: (chiefly literary, poetic)
▸ noun: A swirling vortex.
▸ noun: A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
▸ noun: (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”)
▸ noun: (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.
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▸ noun: (chiefly literary, poetic)
▸ noun: A swirling vortex.
▸ noun: A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
▸ noun: (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”)
▸ noun: (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.
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subtropical,
cyclonic,
anticyclonic,
subpolar,
atlantic,
north,
central,
counterclockwise,
large,
western,
subarctic
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