Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gyre
Participle: gyred
Gerund: gyring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gyre |
| you | gyre |
| he;she;it | gyres |
| we | gyre |
| you | gyre |
| they | gyre |
Perfect
| I | have gyred |
| you | have gyred |
| he;she;it | has gyred |
| we | have gyred |
| you | have gyred |
| they | have gyred |
Past
| I | gyred |
| you | gyred |
| he;she;it | gyred |
| we | gyred |
| you | gyred |
| they | gyred |
Pluperfect
| I | had gyred |
| you | had gyred |
| he;she;it | had gyred |
| we | had gyred |
| you | had gyred |
| they | had gyred |
Future
| I | will gyre |
| you | will gyre |
| he;she;it | will gyre |
| we | will gyre |
| you | will gyre |
| they | will gyre |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gyred |
| you | will have gyred |
| he;she;it | will have gyred |
| we | will have gyred |
| you | will have gyred |
| they | will have gyred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gyre |
| you | gyre |
| he;she;it | gyre |
| we | gyre |
| you | gyre |
| they | gyre |
Perfect
| I | have gyred |
| you | have gyred |
| he;she;it | have gyred |
| we | have gyred |
| you | have gyred |
| they | have gyred |
Imperfect
| I | gyred |
| you | gyred |
| he;she;it | gyred |
| we | gyred |
| you | gyred |
| they | gyred |
Pluperfect
| I | had gyred |
| you | had gyred |
| he;she;it | had gyred |
| we | had gyred |
| you | had gyred |
| they | had gyred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gyre |
| you | would gyre |
| he;she;it | would gyre |
| we | would gyre |
| you | would gyre |
| they | would gyre |
Perfect
| I | would have gyred |
| you | would have gyred |
| he;she;it | would have gyred |
| we | would have gyred |
| you | would have gyred |
| they | would have gyred |
Imperative
| you | gyre |
| we | Let's gyre |
| you | gyre |
Verbs conjugated like 'gyre'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gyre'
gore,
gybe,
gye,
gyve,
tyre,
ayme,
bare,
bere,
bore,
byrl,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1566, "a circular motion;" as a verb, "to turn round," c.1420; from L. gyrus "circle," from Gk. gyros "circle, ring," related to gyros "rounded," from PIE base *geu- "to bend, curve."
2. From Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre, the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Sample Sentences
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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, Michael Drayton, “[Songs from the ‘Shepherd’s Garland’.] From Eclogue ij.”, in Cyril Brett, editor, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1907, →OCLC, pages 240–241, lines 4–8:]
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Jabberwocky. / 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wa[b]e; / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe. [1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Looking-Glass House”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 21:]