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gyring

gyring is the present participle and gerund of gyre.

Meaning of gyre

Verb

gyre (third-person singular simple present gyres, present participle gyring, simple past and past participle gyred)

  1. (intransitive, literary, poetic) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
    • The host of heauenly beautyes moue, / Depainted in their proper stories, / As well the fixd as wandring glories, / Which from their proper orbes not goe, / Whether they gyre swift or slowe: […]1605, Michael Drayton, “[Songs from the ‘Shepherd’s Garland’.] From Eclogue ij.”, in Cyril Brett, editor, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1907, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    revolve, rotate
  2. (literary, poetic, rare, transitive) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.

See all 6 meanings of gyre

Questions about gyring

What is gyring the present participle and gerund of?
Gyring is the present participle and gerund of gyre.

Words near gyring in the dictionary

  1. gyrifies
  2. gyriform
  3. gyrify
  4. gyrifying
  5. gyrinal
  6. gyring
  7. gyrinid
  8. gyrinids
  9. gyrinocheilid
  10. gyrinocheilids
  11. gyrkin

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