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spiraled

UK
/ˈspaɪərəld/
US
/ˈspaɪrələd/
spiraledadjective
UK
/ˈspaɪərəld/
US
/ˈspaɪrələd/
Translations
The gallery featured a massive, spiraled wooden column rising toward the skylight.
La galerie présentait une immense colonne de bois spiralée s’élevant vers le puits de lumière.
Additional translations
en spiraleEmploi figuré pour décrire une évolution rapide et continue, souvent négative.
Definitions
Having a spiral shape; coiled or helical.
The gallery featured a massive, spiraled wooden column rising toward the skylight.
Having undergone a rapid and continuous increase or decrease, often in a negative sense.
Their spiraled expenses quickly exhausted the budget.
spiralverb

spiraled

Past Simple

spiraled
Past Simple
spiraled
Past Participle
spiralling
ing-form
UK
/ˈspaɪ.rəl/
US
/ˈspaɪ.rəl/
Translations
spiralerS’emploie aussi au sens figuré pour une hausse ou une baisse rapide, souvent incontrôlée.
Housing prices have spiraled out of control over the past year.
Les prix de l’immobilier ont spiralé hors de contrôle au cours de l’année écoulée.
The hawk spiraled high above the field, searching for prey.
L’épervier a spiralé haut au-dessus du champ, à la recherche d’une proie.
Definitions
To move in a continuous curve that winds around a central point while gradually moving either toward or away from it.
The hawk spiraled high above the field, searching for prey.
To increase or decrease rapidly and seemingly uncontrollably.
Housing prices have spiraled out of control over the past year.
Synonyms
coil
curl
twist
wind
twine
corkscrew
gyrate
whirl
spin
rotate
escalate
soar
skyrocket
spiralnoun
Definitions
A curve which emanates from a point, moving farther away as it revolves around the point.
The artist drew a beautiful spiral on the canvas, starting from the center and expanding outward.
A situation in which something continuously increases or decreases, often at an accelerating rate.
The company found itself in a financial spiral, with debts increasing faster than revenues.
spiraladjective
Definitions
Having a shape or form that winds around a central point or axis in a curve that gradually moves away from the center.
The staircase had a beautiful spiral design that wound elegantly up to the second floor.
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