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whorled

/ʍɜːld/UK/wɜːld/

whorled adjective: formed from whorls; having whorls.

Adjective

whorled (comparative more whorled, superlative most whorled)

  1. Formed from whorls; having whorls.
    • [A]cross the gannet’s bath,
      over the broad sea, whorled prows will bring
      presents and tokens.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 60

whorled meaning in Tamil and Urdu

whorled in Tamil

சுற்றான

whorled in Urdu

پیچ دار

Forms of whorled

comparativemore whorled
superlativemost whorled

Origin of whorled

From whorl + -ed.

Words that rhyme with whorled

Questions about whorled

What does whorled mean?
Whorled means formed from whorls; having whorls.
What is whorled in Tamil?
Whorled in Tamil is சுற்றான. See Whorled meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is whorled?
Whorled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce whorled?
Whorled is pronounced /wɜːld/ (UK).

Words near whorled in the dictionary

  1. whorl foot
  2. whorl snail
  3. whorl snails
  4. whorlbat
  5. whorlbats
  6. whorled
  7. whorler
  8. whorlers
  9. Whorley
  10. Whorleys
  11. whorlflower

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whorled (page history and authors); whorled (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); whorled (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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