Definition of Gyrate

1. Verb. To wind or move in a spiral course. "The young people gyrated on the dance floor"

Exact synonyms: Coil, Spiral
Generic synonyms: Turn
Derivative terms: Coil, Coil, Gyration, Spiral, Spiral

2. Verb. Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. "These balls gyrate easily"; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
Exact synonyms: Reel, Spin, Spin Around, Whirl
Generic synonyms: Go Around, Revolve, Rotate
Specialized synonyms: Whirligig
Derivative terms: Gyration, Gyration, Spin, Spinner, Whirl, Whirl, Whirler, Whirler

Definition of Gyrate

1. a. Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

2. v. i. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Definition of Gyrate

1. Verb. To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve. ¹

2. Adjective. (biology) Having coils or convolutions ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gyrate

1. to revolve or rotate [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]

Medical Definition of Gyrate

1. 1. Of a convoluted or ring shape. 2. To revolve. Origin: L. Gyro, pp. Gyratus, to turn round in a circle, gyrus (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyrate

gypsyisms
gypsylike
gypsyweed
gypsyworts
gyptian
gyptians
gypwater
gyracanthus
gyral
gyral brain calcification
gyrally
gyrant
gyrase
gyrases
gyrate (current term)
gyrate atrophy
gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina
gyrated
gyrates
gyrating
gyration
gyrational
gyrations
gyraton
gyrator
gyratories
gyrators
gyratory
gyratory crusher

Literary usage of Gyrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1893)
"The positive detection of milk-sugar in the urine is difficult, because this sugar is, like glucose, dextro-gyrate and also gives the usual reduction tests. ..."

2. Magazine of Zoology and Botany by Prideaux John Selby, George Johnston, William Jardine (1837)
"4, 5, 6, and 7 |irt' magnified considerably: the latter has attained its full size, and is on the point of producing the first gyrate frond. ..."

3. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten (1893)
"LEO once found in a diabetic urine a laevo-gyrate, reducible, non-fermentable, and non-crystallizable substance which was considered by him as a peculiar ..."

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