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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.


Translations

  • CJKV Characters: 漩


See also


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Eddy \Ed"dy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eddied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eddying.]
To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
[1913 Webster]

Eddying round and round they sink. --Wordsworth.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Eddy \Ed"dy\, v. t.
To collect as into an eddy. [R.]
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The circling mountains eddy in
From the bare wild the dissipated storm. --Thomson.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Eddy \Ed"dy\ ([e^]d"d[y^]), n.; pl. Eddies ([e^]d"d[i^]z).
[Prob. fr. Icel. i[eth]a; cf. Icel. pref. i[eth]- back, AS.
ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-.]
1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction
contrary to the main current.
[1913 Webster]

2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction;
a whirlpool.
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And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden.
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Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play.
--Addison.
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Note: Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. --Dryden.
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WordNet eddy
n 1: founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) [syn: {Mary
Baker Eddy}, Mary Morse Baker Eddy]
2: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the
current of a fluid doubles back on itself [syn: twist]
v : flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: purl, whirlpool,
swirl, whirl]
Moby Dictionary
Charybdis , Maelstrom , ado , agitation , back , back stream , backflow ,
backwash , backwater , brouhaha , bustle , centrifugate , centrifuge ,
commotion , countercurrent , counterflow , counterflux , cyclone ,
disturbance , dizzy round , dust devil , ebullience , ebullition ,
effervescence , embroilment , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation ,
flurry , fume , gulf , gurge , gyre , hurly-burly , hurricane , hurry ,
hurry-scurry , maelstrom , pell-mell , perturbation , pirouette , purl ,
rat race , reel , refluence , reflux , regurgitation , round , ruffle ,
spin , stir , surge , swirl , swirling , to-do , tornado , tumult ,
turbulence , turmoil , turn , twirl , twister , typhoon , uproar , vortex ,
waterspout , wheel , whirl , whirligig , whirlpool , whirlwind , whorl ,
yeastiness


Eddy, TX Zip code(s): 76524
Moby Dictionary 2757
Housing Units (2000): 1418
Land area (2000): 630.118543 sq. miles (1631.999466 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.109773 sq. miles (36.544144 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 644.228316 sq. miles (1668.543610 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND) , FIPS 38
Location: 47.747572 N , 98.975712 W
Headwords:
Eddy
Eddy , ND
Eddy County
Eddy County , ND
Moby Dictionary 51658
Housing Units (2000): 22249
Land area (2000): 4182.021664 sq. miles (10831.385925 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 15.552658 sq. miles (40.281198 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4197.574322 sq. miles (10871.667123 sq. km)
Located within: New Mexico (NM) , FIPS 35
Location: 32.527170 N , 104.262035 W
Headwords:
Eddy
Eddy , NM
Eddy County
Eddy County , NM
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