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spiral n. a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
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spiral v. [
gyrate, coil] to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
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spiral s. [
coiling, helical, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate] in the shape of a coil
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spiral v. form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
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spiral n. [
helix] a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
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