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ed·dy

(ĕd′ē)

n. pl. ed·dies

1. A current, as of water or air, moving contrary to the direction of the main current, especially in a circular motion.

2. A drift or tendency that is counter to or separate from a main current, as of opinion, tradition, or history.

intr.v. ed·died, ed·dy·ing, ed·dies

To move in or as if in an eddy or eddies: "The conversation among the new elite eddied around me" (Molly Peacock). See Synonyms at turn.

[Middle English ydy, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse idha.]

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eddy

(ˈɛdɪ)

n, pl -dies

1. (Physical Geography) a movement in a stream of air, water, or other fluid in which the current doubles back on itself causing a miniature whirlwind or whirlpool

2. a deviation from or disturbance in the main trend of thought, life, etc, esp one that is relatively unimportant

vb, -dies, -dying or -died

to move or cause to move against the main current

[C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse itha; related to Old English ed- again, back, Old High German it-]

Eddy

(ˈɛdɪ)

(Biography) Mary Baker. 1821–1910, US religious leader; founder of the Christian Science movement (1866)

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ed•dy

(ˈɛd i)

n., pl. -dies, n.

1. a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, esp. one having a rotary or whirling motion.

2. a small whirlpool.

3. any similar current, as of air, dust, or fog.

4. a current or trend, as of opinion or events, running counter to the main current.

v.t., v.i.

5. to move or whirl in eddies.

[1425–75; Old English ed- turning + ēa water]

Ed•dy

(ˈɛd i)

n.

Mary (Morse) Baker (Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Patterson), 1821–1910, U.S. founder of the Christian Science Church.

ed·dy

(ĕd′ē)

A current, as of water or air, moving in a direction that is different from that of the main current. Eddies often move in a circular motion.

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eddy

Past participle: eddied
Gerund: eddying

Imperative
eddy
eddy

Present
I eddy
you eddy
he/she/it eddies
we eddy
you eddy
they eddy

Preterite
I eddied
you eddied
he/she/it eddied
we eddied
you eddied
they eddied

Present Continuous
I am eddying
you are eddying
he/she/it is eddying
we are eddying
you are eddying
they are eddying

Present Perfect
I have eddied
you have eddied
he/she/it has eddied
we have eddied
you have eddied
they have eddied

Past Continuous
I was eddying
you were eddying
he/she/it was eddying
we were eddying
you were eddying
they were eddying

Past Perfect
I had eddied
you had eddied
he/she/it had eddied
we had eddied
you had eddied
they had eddied

Future
I will eddy
you will eddy
he/she/it will eddy
we will eddy
you will eddy
they will eddy

Future Perfect
I will have eddied
you will have eddied
he/she/it will have eddied
we will have eddied
you will have eddied
they will have eddied

Future Continuous
I will be eddying
you will be eddying
he/she/it will be eddying
we will be eddying
you will be eddying
they will be eddying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eddying
you have been eddying
he/she/it has been eddying
we have been eddying
you have been eddying
they have been eddying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been eddying
you will have been eddying
he/she/it will have been eddying
we will have been eddying
you will have been eddying
they will have been eddying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been eddying
you had been eddying
he/she/it had been eddying
we had been eddying
you had been eddying
they had been eddying

Conditional
I would eddy
you would eddy
he/she/it would eddy
we would eddy
you would eddy
they would eddy

Past Conditional
I would have eddied
you would have eddied
he/she/it would have eddied
we would have eddied
you would have eddied
they would have eddied

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Noun	1.	Eddy - founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910) Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy
	2.	eddy - a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself twist 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"
Verb	1.	eddy - flow in a circular current, of liquids purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

eddy

noun

1. swirl, whirlpool, vortex, undertow, tideway, counter-current, counterflow the swirling eddies of the fast-flowing river

verb

1. swirl, turn, roll, spin, twist, surge, revolve, whirl, billow The dust whirled and eddied in the sunlight.

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eddy

verb

To move or cause to move like a rapid rotary current of liquid:

swirl, whirl.

Translations

دَوّامَه، تَيّار عَكْسييُدَوِّم، يَدور بِشَكْل دَوّامَه

hvirvelstrømhvirvelvindhvirvlesnurre rundt

Wirbel wirbeln

tourbillon tourbillonner

bukószél

hringiîa, svelgurhvirfla ; mynda hringiîu

gorgo mulinare

sūkuriuotisūkurysverpetasverpetuoti

mutulismutuļotvirpulisvirpuļot

virvel virvle rundt

anaforçerçevesinde dönüp durmakfır dönmekgirdap

使旋转涡流

eddy

[ˈedɪ]

A. N → remolino m

B. VI [water] → hacer remolinos, arremolinarse

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eddy

[ˈɛdi] n → tourbillon m

eddy

n → Wirbel m; (of water also) → Strudel m; the wind swept up eddies of dust → der Wind wirbelte Staubwolken auf

vi → wirbeln; (water also) → strudeln

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eddy

[ˈɛdɪ]

1. vi (water) → far mulinelli; (wind, air) → turbinare

2. n (of water) → mulinello, gorgo; (of wind, air) → turbine m

eddy

(ˈedi) – plural ˈeddies – noun

a current of water or air running back against the main stream or current.

verb

to move round and round. The water eddied round the pier; The crowds eddied to and fro in the square.

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Between 1 May, when she stepped off the train, and 16 May, when she received Eddy Moore's letter containing the information that he had found her a post as stenographer in the office of Joe Rendal, it had changed Mary Hill quite remarkably.

Two only of the younger generation, Joe Rendal and Eddy Moore, had set out to make their fortunes in New York; and both, despite the gloomy prophecies of the village sages, had prospered.

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'Well, I will in a minute, Eddy, but I can't just yet.

'No; you needn't go just yet, Eddy. The girls would all be asking questions why you went.'

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In my viewing the sea from that hill where I stood, I perceived a strong, and indeed a most furious current, which ran to the east, and even came close to the point; and I took the more notice of it because I saw there might be some danger that when I came into it I might be carried out to sea by the strength of it, and not be able to make the island again; and indeed, had I not got first upon this hill, I believe it would have been so; for there was the same current on the other side the island, only that it set off at a further distance, and I saw there was a strong eddy under the shore; so I had nothing to do but to get out of the first current, and I should presently be in an eddy.

The third day, in the morning, the wind having abated overnight, the sea was calm, and I ventured: but I am a warning to all rash and ignorant pilots; for no sooner was I come to the point, when I was not even my boat's length from the shore, but I found myself in a great depth of water, and a current like the sluice of a mill; it carried my boat along with it with such violence that all I could do could not keep her so much as on the edge of it; but I found it hurried me farther and farther out from the eddy, which was on my left hand.

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Before we were aware, we were out of it and in a quiet eddy.

The logs drifted on out of the eddy and swept away down the stream.

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Their suspense, however, was soon relieved; for, aided by the skill of the natives, the canoe shot back into the eddy, and floated again at the side of the low rock, before they thought the scout had even time to rejoin his companions.

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There was a short struggle at the surface, and then a swirl of waters, a little eddy, and a burst of bubbles soon smoothed out by the flowing current marked for the instant the spot where Tarzan of the Apes, Lord of the Jungle, disappeared from the sight of men beneath the gloomy waters of the dark and forbidding Ugambi.

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"Eddy Jones, who will referee this contest," said the announcer.

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At my right was a great, slow-moving eddy that circled far beneath the cliff's overhanging side, and to rest my tired muscles before turning back I let my boat drift into its embrace.