noun
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a bent or curving part.
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that which is bent.
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the quality or fact of being crooked or askew; crookedness.
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water in swift, violent, circular motion, as that produced by the meeting of opposing currents, often causing a downward spiraling action that draws floating objects deep under the surface; a whirlpool.
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a kind of ear ornament.
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the act of going back or withdrawing; withdrawal in the face of opposition or from a dangerous situation; a retreat.
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the act of enclosing from all sides; an encircling.
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a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
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a going out of sight; disappearance.
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fluctuation, instability or oscillation (of the mind).
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a thin line joining two points on the same plain.
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a flowing (of a liquid, light, etc.) in a stream.
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a kind of ornament for the wrist.
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an iron rim or circular band used in a sugarcane crushing machine (to keep the pair of rollers together).
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a revolving around one point or moving in a circle, while fighting in a physical compat.