eddy
[noun]
Synonyms:
- swirl, counter-current, counterflow, undertow, vortex, whirlpool
[verb]
Synonyms:
- swirl, whirl

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Related Words: gurge, surge, swirl, twirl, whirl, back current, back stream, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, backwash, backwater

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Eddy, Mary Baker
(1821–1910) a US religious leader, who started a new form of Christianity called Christian Science in 1866

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I. ed‧dy¹ /ˈedi/ noun (plural eddies) [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from Old Norse itha]
a circular movement of water, wind, dust etc:
the racing river caused swirling eddies

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II. eddy² verb (past tense and past participle eddied, present participle eddying, third person singular eddies) [intransitive]
if water, wind, dust etc eddies, it moves around with a circular movement:
Mist eddied round the house.

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