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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyrate \Gy"rate\, a. [L. gyratus made in a circular form p. p. of gyrare.] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyrate \Gy"rate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gyrated}; p. pr & vb n. {Gyrating}.] [L. gyratus p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See {Gyre}, n.] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gyrate v 1: to wind or move in a spiral course:" the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action,", "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [syn: {spiral}, {coil}] 2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: {spin}, {spin around}, {whirl}, {reel}]
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