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Definition: EDDIES

Part of Speech Definition
Noun Plural 1. Plural inflection of the noun eddy.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun Base
(eddy)		 1. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).[Wordnet].
2. A miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself.[Wordnet].
3. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.[Websters].
4. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.[Websters].
Verb Present Tense 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb eddy.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(eddy)		 1. Flow in a circular current, of liquids.[Wordnet].
2. To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.[Websters].
3. To collect as into an eddy.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: eddying, eddied, eddies, eddier, eddiers, eddyingly and eddiedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Eddies" is a common misspelling or typo for: teddies, eddied, eddoes, neddies, eddiers.

Date "Eddies" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Common Expressions: EDDIES

Expressions Definition
Eddies Cove East, Newfoundland and Labrador Eddies Cove East is an unincorporated fishing community located northeast of Anchor Point in the Strait of Belle Isle of Newfoundland, Canada. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: EDDIES

Expressions Domain Definition
Mesoscale eddies Weather In the ocean, dense and irregularly-oval high- and low- pressure centers about 400 km in diameter. The intensities of currents in these centers are about 10 times greater than the local means. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: EDDIES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
The Berry Vest of The Swirling Eddies 9     Eddies Cove East, Newfoundland and Labrador 3
The Swirling Eddies 8     Fast Eddies 3
Eddies Cove East, Newfoundland and Labrador 3     The Berry Vest of The Swirling Eddies 9
Fast Eddies 3     The Eddies 3
The Eddies 3     The Swirling Eddies 8

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"eddies" is a common misspelling or typo for: teddies, eddied, eddoes, neddies, eddiers.

Synonyms: eddies
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 whirls, purls, turbulence, vortex, eddy, spins, twirls, vortexes, whirlpools, braids, constructions, devices, gimmicks, kinks, plaits, skirls, swirls, twiddles, twistings, twists, windings, wrenches.
Consider also: churns, maelstroms, undercurrents, cyclones, gulfs, currents, overflows, regurgitations, rolls, rotates, surges, whorls, reels, whirlwinds, winds, maelstrom, spin, tides, roils, compasses.

Verb

 pulls, tumbles.
Consider also: turns, whirs.

Other

 gyrates, backset, eddy-like, eddying.
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Computed Synonyms: eddies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   50.1091   eddies     whirlwinds     vortexes, whirls, maelstroms, twisters, gyres   
 2   32.2093   eddies     cyclones     vortexes, whirlpools, swirls, whirls, maelstroms   
 3   27.2095   eddies     gyres     whirls, swirls, vortexes, maelstroms, burbles   
 4   23.2094   eddies     burbles     swirls, vortexes, whirls, welters, whirlpools   
 5   22.1094   eddies     welters     borderers, hemmers, confusions, messes, fringers   
 6   21.2094   eddies     hustles     hurries, pushes, jostles, hastens, confusions   
 7   21.1095   eddies     devils     satans, teasers, hecks, tomboys, evils   
 8   21.1091   eddies     drumsticks     legs, drumstick, shanks, ramrods, rods   
 9   19.2090   eddies     turbulences     commotions, tumults, agitations, perturbations, disorders   
 10   19.1094   eddies     gulfs     precipices, pits, whirlpools, vortexes, golfs   
 11   13.2091   eddies     backwashes     swirls, surges, bumps, whirlpools, scratches   
 12   13.1092   eddies     undertows     undercurrents, whirlpools, backwaters, flows, swirls   
 13   11.2089   eddies     disturbances     noises, uproars, rackets, turmoils, unrests   
 14   11.1094   eddies     bumps     lumps, bruises, knobs, hits, thumps   
 15   11.1089   eddies     oscillations     flutters, flaps, variations, battens, clappers   
--------------------     350 synonyms ranked from 16 to 365 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: eddies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0085   eddies     dorsal vertebra     vertebra, cervical vertebra, spondyle   
 2   1.0085   eddies     cervical vertebra     vertebra, dorsal vertebra, spondyle   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: eddies

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   3.4489   back eddies     pump back     backflow, reflux   
 2   3.4089   back eddies     pumpback reflux     reflux, circulating reflux   
 3   3.4074   back eddies     splatter-excessive drawn-back     pump back, ebb tide   
 4   3.1190   back eddies     Ebbs     decays, decreases   
 5   3.0492   back eddies     backflow     reflux, backdrop   
 6   3.0191   back eddies     ebb tide     ebb, falling tide   
 7   3.0189   back eddies     ebb     decline, dry up   
 8   3.0090   back eddies     tide     flow, stream   
 9   3.0089   back eddies     undertow     backwash, undercurrent   
 10   3.0089   back eddies     reflux     backflow, ebb   
 11   3.0089   back eddies     reflow     reflux, redound   
 12   3.0089   back eddies     falling tide     ebb tide, ebb   
 13   3.0088   back eddies     return flow     reflux, regeneration   
 14   3.0088   back eddies     reflux system     reflux, pumpback reflux   
 15   3.0088   back eddies     flood stream     reflux system, return flow   
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Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: EDDIES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya دارَ (circle, gyrate, revolve, rotate, swirl), اِسْتَدَارَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), دَوَّارَة (compass, compassed, compasses, compassing, eddied), لَفَّ (cover, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap), دُوَّامَة (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دُرْدُور (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دَوَّمَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), لَفَّ حَوْلَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha دارَ (circle, gyrate, revolve, rotate, swirl), اِسْتَدَارَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), دَوَّارَة (compass, compassed, compasses, compassing, eddied), لَفَّ (cover, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap), دُوَّامَة (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دُرْدُور (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دَوَّمَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), لَفَّ حَوْلَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic دارَ (circle, gyrate, revolve, rotate, swirl), اِسْتَدَارَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), دَوَّارَة (compass, compassed, compasses, compassing, eddied), لَفَّ (cover, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap), دُوَّامَة (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دُرْدُور (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دَوَّمَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), لَفَّ حَوْلَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian kovitlaci u moru (eddies), víry (vortexes, vortices, eddies, faiths, maelstroms). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina kovitlaci u moru (eddies), víry (vortexes, vortices, eddies, faiths, maelstroms). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 涡流 (backset, eddy, eddying, vortex, eddies), 濙 (as rushing water, revolve, to curl in eddies). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 濙 (as rushing water, revolve, to curl in eddies). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Croatian kovitlaci u moru (eddies). Additional references: Croatian, Croatia, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech kovitlaci u moru (eddies), víry (vortexes, vortices, eddies, faiths, maelstroms). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Wirbel (vertebra, vortex, eddy, vertebrae, swirl). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Français reflux (ebb, reflux, ebb tide, flinch, low tide). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
French reflux (ebb, reflux, ebb tide, flinch, low tide). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
German Wirbel (vertebra, vortex, eddy, vertebrae, swirl). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic دارَ (circle, gyrate, revolve, rotate, swirl), اِسْتَدَارَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), دَوَّارَة (compass, compassed, compasses, compassing, eddied), لَفَّ (cover, encompass, enfold, envelop, enwrap), دُوَّامَة (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دُرْدُور (eddy, vortex, whirlpool, eddied, eddies), دَوَّمَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit), لَفَّ حَوْلَ (circle, circled, circles, circling, circuit). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Wirbel (vertebra, vortex, eddy, vertebrae, swirl). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Wirbel (vertebra, vortex, eddy, vertebrae, swirl). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ビル風 (eddies of wind around high buildings), ビルかぜ (eddies of wind around high buildings). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish flujos y reflujos (wakes and eddies). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, eddies. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: EDDIES

Language Translations for “eddies” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin eddiesway (eddies). Additional references: Pig Latin, eddies. (volunteer)
Terran B Wovitlac (eddies). Additional references: Terran B, eddies. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor. Top