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spiralled

spiralled 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

Phrases with spiralled

Questions about spiralled

What is spiralled the simple past and past participle of?
Spiralled is the simple past and past participle of spiral.

Words near spiralled in the dictionary

  1. spiralized
  2. spiralizer
  3. spiralizers
  4. spiralizes
  5. spiralizing
  6. spiralled
  7. spiralled out
  8. spiraller
  9. spirallers
  10. spirallike
  11. spirallikeness

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