1. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
   "The poet described the gyre of rose petals unfurling";
   - coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, scroll
    
2. A circular or spiral motion or form
   "The debris was caught in the ocean gyre"
    
3. (oceanography) a large system of rotating ocean currents
   "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located within the North Pacific Gyre"

1. To move in a circular or spiral course
   "The leaves gyred in the autumn wind"

Derived forms: gyring, gyres, gyred

Type of: round shape

Encyclopedia: Gyre