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gyre
/d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/
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What does gyre mean?
noun
- (literary) A swirling vortex.
- (literary) A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
More meanings (3)
verb
- (literary) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
- (literary, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.
noun
- (archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”).
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IPA pronunciation
/d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/
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“To ‘gyre’ is to go round and round like a gyroscope. To ‘gimble’ is to make holes like a gimlet.”
Flame lit on their hair, And their burning eyes grew young and wise, Each as a God, or King of kings, White-robed and bright (Still scribbling all); And a full tumultuous murmur of wings Grew through the hall; And I knew the white undying Fire, And, through open portals, Gyre on gyre, Archangels and angels, adoring, bowing, And a Face unshaded .