Eddy
noun
A circular movement of water or air.
A small eddy of wind ruffled the lake's surface.
Often appears as...
- eddy currents
- eddy flux
verb
To move in a circular way, like water or air.
The wind eddied around us.
Often appears as...
- eddy around
- eddy beneath
noun
A circular movement of water or air.
A small eddy of wind ruffled the lake's surface.
Often appears as...
- eddy currents
- eddy flux
verb
To move in a circular way, like water or air.
The wind eddied around us.
Often appears as...
- eddy around
- eddy beneath
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomena
Used to describe movements in nature, like rivers or tornadoes.
The leaves danced in a small eddy as the breeze passed.
Pro Tip 2/3Water Bodies
Commonly found around obstacles in streams or behind boats.
Fishermen noticed an eddy formed behind the river boulder.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Movement
Refers to a smaller or gentler movement than a whirlpool or vortex.
An eddy in the glass's condensation traced a delicate path.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomena
Used to describe movements in nature, like rivers or tornadoes.
The leaves danced in a small eddy as the breeze passed.
Pro Tip 2/3Water Bodies
Commonly found around obstacles in streams or behind boats.
Fishermen noticed an eddy formed behind the river boulder.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Movement
Refers to a smaller or gentler movement than a whirlpool or vortex.
An eddy in the glass's condensation traced a delicate path.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Phenomena
Used to describe movements in nature, like rivers or tornadoes.
The leaves danced in a small eddy as the breeze passed.
Pro Tip 2/3Water Bodies
Commonly found around obstacles in streams or behind boats.
Fishermen noticed an eddy formed behind the river boulder.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Movement
Refers to a smaller or gentler movement than a whirlpool or vortex.
An eddy in the glass's condensation traced a delicate path.
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Risk Takers: Extreme...
and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke, you paddle out of the eddy, that stroke that commits you into paddling a drop, into a decision that you've made wholly on your own
Video examples
What will humans look...
So as the universe dissipates energy, there's these upstream eddies that create biological order. Now, the problem with eddies is, they tend to disappear. They shift. They move in rivers. And because of that, when an eddy shifts,
Video examples
Risk Takers: Extreme...
and, kind of, freedom that I feel. And it's kind of, it's this euphoric and rare thing. And as you take that last stroke, you paddle out of the eddy, that stroke that commits you into paddling a drop, into a decision that you've made wholly on your own
Video examples
What will humans look...
So as the universe dissipates energy, there's these upstream eddies that create biological order. Now, the problem with eddies is, they tend to disappear. They shift. They move in rivers. And because of that, when an eddy shifts,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Rodney Crowell
Algerian Musician
My father took me to see Hank Williams on December 14th, 1952. I was two years and four months of age. And I remember a little cool eddy of hair hitting my cheek, and I remember the smell of his hair oil, and I remember the mingling tonality of the small talk before the show started. Those are my memories.
Quote examples
Victor LaValle
American Author
I like America, where believers eddy around each other like currents of air. Even our atheists are devout! To be an American is to be a believer. I don't have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.
Quote examples
Rodney Crowell
Algerian Musician
My father took me to see Hank Williams on December 14th, 1952. I was two years and four months of age. And I remember a little cool eddy of hair hitting my cheek, and I remember the smell of his hair oil, and I remember the mingling tonality of the small talk before the show started. Those are my memories.
Quote examples
Victor LaValle
American Author
I like America, where believers eddy around each other like currents of air. Even our atheists are devout! To be an American is to be a believer. I don't have much faith in institutions, but I still believe in people.
Example 1 of 2
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