spiral, v.
(spiraling, spiralled, spiralling, spirals)
freq. cnt. 2
(spiraling, spiralled, spiralling, spirals)
freq. cnt. 2
to wind or move in a spiral course
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
coil gyrate spiral
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
move in a spiral or zigzag course
<verb.motion>
corkscrew spiral
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
form a spiral
<verb.stative>
spiral
sample sentences
"The path spirals up the mountain"verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
The wires %s around the stick
semantic pointers
hypernym