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gy·rate
 gyrate
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- pronunciation:
- jaI
reIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
gyrates, gyrating, gyrated |
| definition: |
to move or revolve on or around a fixed point or axis, or in a circle or spiral; rotate; spin.
- similar words:
- revolve, ring, roll, rotate, spin
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| related words: |
turn, twirl, whirl |
adverb + (v.)gyrate
along, around, back, daily, down, fast, gently, now, slowly, still, there, wildly
(v.)gyrate
+ noun
air,
arm,
ass,
bank,
beat,
body,
bottom,
branch,
control,
crowd,
currency,
dance,
dancer,
eye,
field,
figure,
film,
floor,
football,
girl,
hand,
head,
heart,
hip,
hippie,
lip,
market,
mass,
month,
music,
night,
oil,
player,
pool,
price,
readout,
rhythm,
screen,
sea,
side,
sound,
stage,
stock,
stripper,
surface,
table,
television,
water,
way,
week,
window,
woman,
world
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| derivations: |
gyratory (adj.), gyrator (n.) |
The word gyrate
contains the following parts:
gyr, gyro
Greek
root
that means circle
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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