spiral -- (a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center)
helix, spiral -- (a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle)
spiral -- (a continuously accelerating change in the economy)
spiral, volute -- (ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center)
coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix -- (a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope")
spiral -- (flying downward in a helical path with a large radius)
Overview of verb spiral
The verb spiral has 3 senses
gyrate, spiral, coil -- (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")
spiral -- (form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain")
corkscrew, spiral -- (move in a spiral or zigzag course)
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