swivel

«swivel» in Mova's school dictionary: to turn round on one spot, like turning in a chair or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (swivel, swivels, swivelled / swiveled, swivelling / swiveling); noun (a swivel); adjective (a swivel chair)

meaning for a pupil

1) To swivel is to turn round on one spot, like turning in a chair or turning your head quickly. tree →

2) A swivel is a joint or part that lets something turn round while staying in place. tree →

3) A swivel chair is an office chair that can turn round. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a character swivels round to see who is behind; owls can swivel their heads a long way. In technology, swivel joints let parts turn, like on a dog's lead or a desk lamp. In everyday life, children spin on swivel chairs (safely, not standing on them).

examples

• She swivelled round in her chair to face us. tree →
• Owls can swivel their heads very far. tree →
• He swivelled his eyes towards the door. tree →
• The camera swivels to follow the action. tree →
• Don't stand on the swivel chair; it can turn and tip. tree →
• The lamp has a swivel arm. tree →
• The teacher swivelled to look at the class. tree →

note

In UK English the l doubles: «swivelled, swivelling»; in US English: «swiveled, swiveling». Pronounced SWIV-ul. A swivel turns on one spot; it does not move along.

In the corpora

• Jumping spiders hunt by sight with two big front eyes; many see colour, and their main eyes can swivel inside the head.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swivel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.