Whirl: alternatives and connections

To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion.

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The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…

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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

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of Fee

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imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense.

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Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flatt…

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The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a dista…

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of Run

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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…

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The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor n…

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A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing.

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A child's toy, spun or whirled around like a wheel upon an axis, or like a top.

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Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

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Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

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

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

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A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

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A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

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To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

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One who, or that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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of Whirl

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of Whirl

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To revolve or cause to revolve; to spin.

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Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

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The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

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To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

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To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond.

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Gone.

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

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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To decorate with fringe or embroidery.

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A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.

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To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing o…

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To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

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To roll over, or to and fro; to throw one's self about; as, a person on pain tumbles and tosses.

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To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

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To move or turn round rapidly; to whirl round; to move and turn rapidly with the fingers.

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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

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of Twist

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A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to…

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An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center,…

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