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spiraled

spiraled is the simple past and past participle of spiral.

Meaning of spiral

Verb

spiral (third-person singular simple present spirals, present participle (US) spiraling or (UK) spiralling, simple past and past participle (US) spiraled or (UK) spiralled)

  1. (intransitive) To move along the path of a spiral or helix.
    • The falling leaves spiralled down from the tree.
    Synonyms:
    billow, gyrate, spire
  2. (transitive) To cause something to spiral.
    • You need to learn how to spiral a ball.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase continually.
    • Her debts were spiralling out of control.
  4. (intransitive) To decline mentally.
    • She spiralled into a deep depression.

See all 9 meanings of spiral

Forms of spiraled

comparativemore spiraled
superlativemost spiraled

Words formed from spiraled

Phrases with spiraled

Questions about spiraled

What is spiraled the simple past and past participle of?
Spiraled is the simple past and past participle of spiral.

Words near spiraled in the dictionary

  1. spiral worms
  2. spiral wrack
  3. spiral wracks
  4. spiral-bound
  5. spiralbound
  6. spiraled
  7. spiraled out
  8. spiraler
  9. spiralers
  10. spiralglass
  11. spirali

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