1. (noun)
spiral
a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
2. (noun)
helix, spiral
a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
3. (noun)
spiral
a continuously accelerating change in the economy
4. (noun)
spiral, volute
ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
5. (noun)
coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
"a coil of rope"
6. (noun)
spiral
flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
7. (adj)
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
in the shape of a coil
8. (verb)
gyrate, spiral, coil
to wind or move in a spiral course
"the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
9. (verb)
spiral
form a spiral
"The path spirals up the mountain"
10. (verb)
corkscrew, spiral
move in a spiral or zigzag course
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Definition of 'spiral'
