Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swirl
Participle: swirled
Gerund: swirling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | swirl |
| you | swirl |
| he;she;it | swirls |
| we | swirl |
| you | swirl |
| they | swirl |
Perfect
| I | have swirled |
| you | have swirled |
| he;she;it | has swirled |
| we | have swirled |
| you | have swirled |
| they | have swirled |
Past
| I | swirled |
| you | swirled |
| he;she;it | swirled |
| we | swirled |
| you | swirled |
| they | swirled |
Pluperfect
| I | had swirled |
| you | had swirled |
| he;she;it | had swirled |
| we | had swirled |
| you | had swirled |
| they | had swirled |
Future
| I | will swirl |
| you | will swirl |
| he;she;it | will swirl |
| we | will swirl |
| you | will swirl |
| they | will swirl |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swirled |
| you | will have swirled |
| he;she;it | will have swirled |
| we | will have swirled |
| you | will have swirled |
| they | will have swirled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swirl |
| you | swirl |
| he;she;it | swirl |
| we | swirl |
| you | swirl |
| they | swirl |
Perfect
| I | have swirled |
| you | have swirled |
| he;she;it | have swirled |
| we | have swirled |
| you | have swirled |
| they | have swirled |
Imperfect
| I | swirled |
| you | swirled |
| he;she;it | swirled |
| we | swirled |
| you | swirled |
| they | swirled |
Pluperfect
| I | had swirled |
| you | had swirled |
| he;she;it | had swirled |
| we | had swirled |
| you | had swirled |
| they | had swirled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swirl |
| you | would swirl |
| he;she;it | would swirl |
| we | would swirl |
| you | would swirl |
| they | would swirl |
Perfect
| I | would have swirled |
| you | would have swirled |
| he;she;it | would have swirled |
| we | would have swirled |
| you | would have swirled |
| they | would have swirled |
Imperative
| you | swirl |
| we | Let's swirl |
| you | swirl |
Verbs conjugated like 'swirl'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swirl'
shirl,
skirl,
swill,
twirl,
birl,
chirl,
dirl,
girl,
pirl,
quirl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English swirlen (“to eddy, swirl”), probably from Old Norse *svirla (“to swirl”), a frequentative form of Old Norse sverra (“to swing, twirl”). Cognate with Scots swirl, sworl (“to eddy, swirl”), Norwegian Nynorsk svirla (“to whirl around; swirl”), Swedish sorla (“to murmur, buzz”), Dutch zwirrelen (“to swirl”). Compare also West Frisian swiere (“to reel, whirl”), Dutch zwieren (“to reel, swing around”), German Low German swirren (“to whizz, whirl or buzz around”), German schwirren (“to whirr, whizz, buzz”), Swedish svirra (“to whirr about, buzz, hum”), Danish svirre (“to whizz, whirr”). Related to English swarm. See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
svirla', Swedish '
sorla', Dutch '
zwirrelen', Dutch '
zwieren', German, old spelling '
schwirren', Swedish '
svirra', Danish '
svirre', English '
swarm'.
Sample Sentences
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I swirled my brush around in the paint.
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The river swirled along. [1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:]
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The contest was a lot more even in the second half, as the wind swirled around the Stadium of Light, but it took Craig Gardner's superb block to prevent Young getting on the scoresheet. [2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:]
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Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street. [2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013:]
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Rumors began to swirl last week that Dion would once again be performing after posters with her various song titles began popping up around the French capital. [2026 March 31, Lisa Respers France, “Celine Dion announces her return to the stage”, in edition.cnn.com:]