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- Dictionaryspiralling/ˈspʌɪrəlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having or forming a spiral shape: "the office's most eye-catching feature is the grand spiralling staircase"
- 2. showing a continuous and dramatic increase: "spiralling property prices are making the city increasingly unattractive"
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(Definition of spiralling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spiralling. spiralling. By 1988 the monetary indicators were spiralling out of control. From the Cambridge English Corpus. However, spiralling wage demands, growing unrest and strikes continued.
(Definition of spiralling from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of spiralling. spiralling. She made a delicate spiralling gesture in her palm with the tip of her index finger. From The New Yorker.
a situation in which a price, etc. becomes lower, or a situation gets worse and is difficult to control because one bad event causes another: This year's downward spiral of house prices has depressed the market. See more.
n. 1. a. A curve on a plane that winds around a fixed center point at a continuously increasing or decreasing distance from the point. b. A three-dimensional curve that turns around an axis at a constant or continuously varying distance while moving parallel to the axis; a helix.
Read more…. He kept trying to walk towards the sound of the music, but the farther he walked the more intense the sensation of spiralling inward became. O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOES (2003) On the first page there was a prone body, with a broken aeroplane in the distance and smoke spiralling up.
noun. 1. a. : the path of a point in a plane moving around a central point while continuously receding from or approaching it. b. : a three-dimensional curve (such as a helix) with one or more turns about an axis. 2. : a single turn or coil in a spiral object. 3. : something having a spiral form as:
A spiral is a shape which winds round and round, with each curve above or outside the previous one. Spiral is also an adjective. ...a spiral staircase. 2. verb. If something spirals or is spiralled somewhere, it grows or moves in a spiral curve. Vines spiraled upward toward the roof. [VERB adverb/preposition]
