Meanings
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1
verb
To form a pattern of concentric circles.
“Waves Against the Sand,” to music by Martinu, which opened the program, filled the stage space with whorling patterns of dancers surging with the gentle but ceaseless momentum of the sea.
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2
noun
a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
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3
noun
a strand or cluster of hair
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4
noun
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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Etymology
From alteration of whirl (verb).