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  • 1whirl — [wɜːl] verb I 1) [I/T] to move quickly in circles, or to make something move in this way 2) [I] if your mind, thoughts, or feelings whirl, you feel very confused or upset II noun [C] whirl [wɜːl] 1) a lot of confused activity and movement 2) a… …

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  • 2round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… …

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  • 3round about — Synonyms and related words: about, again, all over, all round, all through, anticlockwise, around, at about, back, backward, by, by way of, circlewise, circuitously, clockwise, close, close about, counterclockwise, deviously, every which way,… …

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  • 4round and round — Synonyms and related words: alternately, anticlockwise, around, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, capriciously, changeably, clockwise, counterclockwise, desultorily, erratically, every other, head over heels …

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  • 5circuit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Closed continuous path Nouns circuit, circumference, circle, compass; itinerary, excursion; cycle, loop, lap; perimeter, round, contour, outline; turn, curvet; circumnavigation, circumambulation; route,… …

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  • 6South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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  • 7Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 8turn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rotation, revolution; twirl, twist; deflection, diversion; coil, convulsion; change; crisis; aptitude, ability, skill; act, skit; spell, shift, tour, trick. v. revolve, rotate, pivot; reel; rebel,… …

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  • 9performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 10turn — v 1. rotate, spin, revolve, Archaic. trundle; swivel, pivot, wheel, caracole; roll, rev, twirl, twiddle, crank; reel, circumvolve, circumrotate, gyre; gyrate, circle, whirl, circumduct; swirl, eddy, circulate, move in circles, go round; (of the… …

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