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eddy - What does it mean?

Definition of 'eddy'

English

Noun

(eddies)
  • A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
  • A circular current; a whirlpool.
  • * Dryden
  • And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
  • * Addison
  • Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.

    See also

    * countercurrent * dust devil

    Verb

  • To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.
  • * Wordsworth
  • Eddying round and round they sink.

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