gyre

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d͡ʒaɪ.ə/ (General American) enPR: jīər IPA(key): /d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Hyphenation: gy‧re === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus. ==== Noun ==== gyre (plural gyres) (chiefly literary, poetic) A swirling vortex. A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn. Synonyms: circuit, whirl (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”). (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre, the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). ==== Verb ==== gyre (third-person singular simple present gyres, present participle gyring, simple past and past participle gyred) (literary, poetic) (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl. Synonyms: revolve, rotate (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl. ===== Derived terms ===== gyring (adjective, noun) gyringly ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === ocean gyre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === See also === gyre-carlin (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === -ergy, Grey, grey == Latin == === Noun === gȳre vocative singular of gȳrus