vortex
A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or columnA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
» Tom was sucked into the vortex.
Meaning
6 sensesA whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.
(figuratively)Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.
урага́нurahán, буреві́йburevíj
(figuratively)Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.
Strudel
всмо́ктувачvsmóktuvač, усмо́ктувачusmóktuvač
(historical)A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.
Wirbel
водоворо́тvodovorót, вихрьvixrʹ, воро́нкаvorónka
ви́хорvýxor, коло́воротkolóvorot
Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.
(collective)A group of vultures or buzzards.
- a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
- the shape of something rotating rapidly
Examples
8 sentencesTom was sucked into the vortex.
Tom pulls everyone into his vortex.
The ship whirled in the vortex.
The domineering man pulls everyone into his vortex.
It's better to be a shallow stream than a deep vortex.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.Learned borrowing from Latin vortex. Doublet of vertex.
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Forms
plural: vortices / vortexesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides):whirlpoolmaelstrom
- the shape of something rotating rapidly:whirlswirlconvolution