gyre UK /d͡ʒaɪ.ə/US /d͡ʒaɪ.ɚ/noun 4verb 2forms 3 noun4 •(literary) A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.Quick, and more quick he spins in giddy Gires, / Then falls, and in much Foam his Soul expires. — 1700 •An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.Most ships that tried to cross the Pacific in the past would get stuck in the gyres and never make it out. •(literary) A swirling vortex. •(no longer used) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”). verb2 •(literary) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.The host of heauenly beautyes moue, / Depainted in their proper stories, / As well the fixd as wandring glories, / Which from their proper orbes not goe, / Whether they gyre swift or slowe: […] — 1605 •(literary, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl. formsgyred · gyring · gyres
