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1gyrate

adjective gy·rate \ˈjī-ˌrāt\

Definition of GYRATE

:  winding or coiled around :  convoluted <gyrate branches of a tree>
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First Known Use of GYRATE

1830

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

Rhymes with GYRATE

abate, ablate, adnate, aerate, age-mate, agnate, airdate, airfreight, alate, arête, await, backdate, baldpate, bandmate, baseplate, bedmate, bedplate, berate, birthrate, bistate, bite plate, blank slate, blind date, blue plate, bookplate, breastplate, casemate, castrate, caudate, cell plate, cerate, cheapskate, checkmate, chelate, chordate, citrate, classmate, clavate, cognate, collate, comate, conflate, connate, Cook Strait, cordate, create, cremate, crenate, curate, cut-rate, deadweight, death rate, debate, deflate, delate, dentate, derate, dictate, dilate, disrate, donate, doorplate, downstate, drawplate, elate, end plate, equate, estate, faceplate, falcate, fellate, filtrate, first-rate, fishplate, fixate, flatmate, floodgate, fluxgate, flyweight, folate, formate, frustrate, gelate, gestate, ground state, hamate, hastate, headgate, Hell Gate, helpmate, home plate, hot plate, housemate, hydrate, ice-skate, inflate, ingrate, inmate, innate, instate, irate, jailbait, Kuwait, lactate, lapse rate, legate, liftgate, ligate, lightweight, liquate, lobate, locate, lunate, lustrate, lych-gate, lyrate, magnate, makebate, makeweight, mandate, messmate, migrate, misstate, mutate, nameplate, narrate, negate, Newgate, nitrate, notate, nutate, oblate, of late, orate, ornate, ovate, palmate, palpate, peltate, phonate, pinnate, placate, playdate, playmate, plicate, portrait, postdate, predate, prime rate, probate, prolate, pronate, prorate, prostate, prostrate, punctate, pupate, quadrate, rain date, ramate, rebate, red-bait, relate, restate, roommate, rostrate, rotate, saccate, schoolmate, seatmate, sedate, sensate, septate, serrate, shipmate, short weight, slave state, soleplate, soul mate, spectate, spicate, squamate, stagnate, stalemate, stellate, striate, sublate, substrate, sulcate, summate, tailgate, teammate, Tebet, tenth-rate, ternate, terneplate, testate, third-rate, tinplate, to date, toeplate, tollgate, tractate, translate, tristate, truncate, unweight, update, uprate, upstate, V-8, vacate, vallate, valvate, vibrate, virgate, vulgate, whitebait, workmate

2gyrate

verb

: to move back and forth with a circular motion

gy·rat·edgy·rat·ing

Full Definition of GYRATE

intransitive verb
1
:  to revolve around a point or axis
2
:  to oscillate with or as if with a circular or spiral motion
gy·ra·tor \-ˌrā-tər\ noun
gy·ra·to·ry \ˈjī-rə-ˌtr-ē\ adjective

First Known Use of GYRATE

1830
GYRATE Defined for Kids

gyrate

verb gy·rate \ˈjī-ˌrāt\
gy·rat·edgy·rat·ing

Definition of GYRATE for Kids

:  to move back and forth with a circular motion <The child made the top gyrate.>
gy·ra·tion \jī-ˈrā-shən\ noun
Medical Dictionary

gyrate

adjective gy·rate \ˈjī-ˌrāt\

Medical Definition of GYRATE

:  winding or coiled around :  convoluted

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