whirlwind

«whirlwind» in Mova's school dictionary: a column of air that spins very fast, like a small tornado — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a whirlwind, whirlwinds); adjective-like before a noun (a whirlwind tour)

meaning for a pupil

1) A whirlwind is a column of air that spins very fast, like a small tornado. tree →

2) A whirlwind of activity is a lot of things happening very fast. tree →

3) A whirlwind trip or romance is one that is very quick. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science it is a weather word; in stories and everyday life it describes busy, rushed or exciting times. Phrases: a whirlwind of, whirlwind tour, like a whirlwind.

examples

• A whirlwind picked up the leaves and spun them round. tree →
• The day was a whirlwind of parties and presents. tree →
• She came into the room like a whirlwind. tree →
• We had a whirlwind tour of London in one day. tree →
• Dust whirlwinds called dust devils form on hot days. tree →
• The last week of term is always a whirlwind. tree →
• Again there arose a stormcloud with whirlwind and lightning. tree →

note

Countable. Made from whirl (spin) + wind. Similar weather words: tornado, cyclone, dust devil (smaller whirlwind).

In the corpora

• As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
• but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they have not known.
• Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
• The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
• When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.

Trees and pragmatics

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