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whirlpool

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whirl·pool  (hwûrlpl, wûrl-)
n.
1. A rapidly rotating current of water; a vortex.
2.
a. Turmoil; whirl.
b. A magnetic, impelling force into which one may be pulled.
3. A bathtub or pool having jets of warm water that can be directed toward a body part as for therapeutic purposes.

whirlpool [ˈwɜːlˌpuːl]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a powerful circular current or vortex of water, usually produced by conflicting tidal currents or by eddying at the foot of a waterfall
2. something resembling a whirlpool in motion or the power to attract into its vortex
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) short for whirlpool bath

whirlpool  (wûrlpl)
A rapidly rotating current of water or other liquid that sucks everything near it toward its center. The meeting of two tides can create a whirlpool.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whirlpoolwhirlpool - a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"
Charybdis - (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
Verb1.whirlpool - flow in a circular current, of liquids
course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

whirlpool
noun vortex, eddy, maelstrom, Charybdis (literary) The upturned boat was swept towards a yawning whirlpool.
Translations
whirlpool [ˈwɜːlpuːl] N
1. (lit) → remolino m (fig) → vorágine f
2. (also whirlpool bath) (= tub) → bañera f de hidromasaje; (= pool) → piscina f de hidromasaje
whirlpool hwɜːrlpuːl] ntourbillon m
whirlpool
n
(in water) → Strudel m; (fig: = turbulence also) → Durcheinander nt
(pool with water jets) → Whirlpool m
whirlpool [ˈwɜːlˌpuːl] nmulinello, vortice m
whirlpool [ˈwɜːlˌpuːl] nmulinello, vortice m


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[A large fig tree in full leaf {101} grows upon it], and under it lies the sucking whirlpool of Charybdis.
He felt that sooner or later he would have to re-enter that whirlpool of life, with its embarrassments and affairs to be straightened out, its accounts with stewards, quarrels, and intrigues, its ties, society, and with Sonya's love and his promise to her.
Sancroft, living in that central deep of the fashionable whirlpool known among mortals as Berkeley Square.
 
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