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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swirl  \Swirl\,  v.  t.  &  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Swirled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Swirling}.]  [Akin  to  Norw.  svirla  to  whirl,  freq.  of 
  sverra  to  whirl,  Dan.  svirre  G.  schwirren  to  whiz,  to  buzz. 
  [root]177.  See  {Swarm},  n.] 
  To  whirl,  or  cause  to  whirl,  as  in  an  eddy.  ``The  river 
  swirled  along.''  --C.  Kingsley. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swirl  \Swirl\,  n. 
  A  whirling  motion;  an  eddy,  as  of  water;  a  whirl.  ``The 
  silent  swirl  of  bats.''  --Mrs.  Browning. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swirl 
  n  :  the  shape  of  something  rotating  rapidly  [syn:  {whirl},  {vortex}, 
  {convolution}] 
  v  1:  turn  in  a  twisting  or  spinning  motion;  "The  leaves  swirled 
  in  the  autumn  wind"  [syn:  {twirl},  {twiddle},  {whirl}] 
  2:  flow  in  a  circular  current,  of  liquids  [syn:  {eddy},  {purl}, 
  {gurge},  {whirlpool},  {whirl}] 




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