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# eddy

noun (plural eddies); verb (eddy, eddies, eddied, eddying)

«eddy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An eddy is a small whirlpool, where water goes round and round against the main flow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/#m1)
2. To eddy is to swirl round in circles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a stream or river where leaves and branches are carried round and round

### Examples

- Leaves spun in an eddy by the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/#x1)
- The water eddied around the rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/#x2)
- A little eddy carried the boat round in a circle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eddy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eddy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eddy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eddy.html) on Mova free.