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Dictionary definition for: Spiral
1. (n) a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it
2. (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"
4. (n) a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
5. (v) form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
6. (n) ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center
7. (v) move in a spiral or zigzag course
8. (n) a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
9. (n) flying downward in a helical path with a large radius
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