Spiral

[n] flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
[n] a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
[n] ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
[n] a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it
[n] a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
[adj] in the shape of a coil
[v] 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"
[v] move in a spiral or zigzag course
[v] form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"

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Synonyms

coil, coil, coiled, coiling, corkscrew, gyrate, helical, helix, helix, spiraling, turbinate, volute, volute, voluted, whorl, whorled