eddying
eddying is the present participle and gerund of eddy.
Meaning of eddy
Verb
eddy (third-person singular simple present eddies, present participle eddying, simple past and past participle eddied)
- To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
- He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.
Noun
eddying (plural eddyings)
- The motion of an eddy.
- If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale[…]1881, Symon's monthly meteorological magazine, page 59
- At last, more from the natural eddying of the crowd than by his own effort, he found himself flung out into the open.1934, George Orwell, chapter 22, in Burmese Days
Forms of eddying
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