Definitions
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.
Used in a sentence
“Quick, and more quick he ſpins in giddy Gires, / Then falls, and in much Foam his Soul expires.”
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; / Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, […]”
“Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Spiral motion”4 letters
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