Meaning & Definition of Spiral in English

1. A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center

2. A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle

3. A continuously accelerating change in the economy

4. Ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center

5. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

• "A coil of rope"

6. Flying downward in a helical path with a large radius

1. To wind or move in a spiral course

• "The muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"

• "Black smoke coiling up into the sky"

• "The young people gyrated on the dance floor"

2. Form a spiral

• "The path spirals up the mountain"

3. Move in a spiral or zigzag course

1. In the shape of a coil