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