vortex

English Thesaurus

1. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) (noun.event)

hypernym	:	current, stream,
definition	:	a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) (noun.event)

hyponym	:	charybdis,
definition	:	(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla (noun.event)

2. the shape of something rotating rapidly (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	round shape,
definition	:	a shape that is curved and without sharp angles (noun.shape)

3. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) (noun.event)

derivation	:	eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool,
definition	:	flow in a circular current, of liquids (verb.motion)

4. the shape of something rotating rapidly (noun.shape)

derivation	:	gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirl,
definition	:	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (verb.motion)

derivation	:	eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool,
definition	:	flow in a circular current, of liquids (verb.motion)

derivation	:	birl, spin, twirl, whirl,
definition	:	cause to spin (verb.motion)

derivation	:	swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl,
definition	:	turn in a twisting or spinning motion (verb.motion)

5. a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides) (noun.event)

derivation	:	eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool,
definition	:	flow in a circular current, of liquids (verb.motion)

6. the shape of something rotating rapidly (noun.shape)

derivation	:	gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirl,
definition	:	revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis (verb.motion)

derivation	:	eddy, purl, swirl, whirl, whirlpool,
definition	:	flow in a circular current, of liquids (verb.motion)

derivation	:	birl, spin, twirl, whirl,
definition	:	cause to spin (verb.motion)

derivation	:	swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl,
definition	:	turn in a twisting or spinning motion (verb.motion)