whorl

«whorl» in Mova's school dictionary: a pattern of curved lines that go round and round, like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a whorl, whorls)

meaning for a pupil

1) A whorl is a pattern of curved lines that go round and round, like a spiral. tree →

2) In fingerprints, a whorl is a circle or spiral pattern in the middle of the print. tree →

3) In plants, a whorl is a ring of leaves or petals growing around a stem at the same point. tree →

4) A whorl is one turn of a shell's spiral. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science (fingerprints in forensic investigation, plant structure, shells) and art. Fingerprint types: arches, loops and whorls.

examples

• My thumbprint has a whorl in the middle. tree →
• Fingerprints have loops, arches and whorls. tree →
• The snail shell has five whorls. tree →
• The leaves grow in a whorl around the stem. tree →
• The wood showed whorls where the branches had been. tree →
• She painted a whorl of blue and white in the sky. tree →

note

Pronounced «whurl» or «wawl», rhymes with «world» without the d in many accents. Do not confuse with «whirl» (to spin fast) or «world».

Trees and pragmatics

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