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# whir

noun (whirs); verb (whirs, whirred, whirring)

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

## Everyday

1. A whir is a soft, quick buzzing sound made by wheels or wings going round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whir/#m1)
2. To whir is to make that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whir/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, clockwork wheels whir round and then the music stops

### Examples

- The wheels went whir-r-r. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whir/#x1)
- A bird's wings whirred in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whir/#x2)
- The clock began to whir. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whir/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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