eddy
noun
a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
eddied
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past participleof eddy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof eddy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
eddynouna current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
Example Sentences
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A hot wind eddied and swirled, and I listened as Marcio Morais, a herb merchant, explained how his grandpa, who was raised in the jungle, taught him to harvest herbs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2016
All around, the floor had grown treacherous from the slippery fallen gold, which eddied into corners, like piles of leaves.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2015
A thousand conflicting feelings eddied in his head.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2012
When it paused at Hartford, 30,000 gawking sightseers eddied past its figure8 fuselage.
From Time Magazine Archive
All around him the wind swirled and eddied, spinning snow into whirlwinds of wintery blankness.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
