2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: spiral adj : in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}, {turbinate}] n 1: a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it 2: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle [syn: {helix}] 3: ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center [syn: {volute}] 4: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: {coil}, {volute}, {whorl}, {helix}] 5: flying downward in a helical path with a large radius 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: {gyrate}, {coil}] 2: form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain" 3: move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: {corkscrew}] [also: {spiralling}, {spiralled}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: spiralling See {spiral}
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