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verb | noun swirlswirl1 /swɚl/ ●○○ verb VERB TABLEswirl |
Present | I, you, we, they | swirl | | he, she, it | swirls | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | swirled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have swirled | | he, she, it | has swirled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had swirled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will swirl | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have swirled |
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Present | I | am swirling | | he, she, it | is swirling | | you, we, they | are swirling | Past | I, he, she, it | was swirling | | you, we, they | were swirling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been swirling | | he, she, it | has been swirling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been swirling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be swirling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been swirling |
1[intransitive, transitive] to turn around quickly in a twisting circular movement, or make something do this: Her skirt swirled as she danced.swirl something around He swirled the brandy around in his glass.2[intransitive] if stories, rumors, ideas, etc. swirl, a lot of people start to talk about them verb | noun swirlswirl2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYswirl2Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from the sound of water going around 1a swirling movement2an amount of something that is swirling around: swirl of a swirl of dust3eng. lang. arts a twisting circular pattern: swirl of bright swirls of color |