gyres in English

noun
1
a spiral; a vortex.
The air in the North Pacific subtropical gyre is heated at the equator and rises high into the atmosphere because of its buoyancy in cooler, surrounding air masses.
verb
1
whirl; gyrate.
a swarm of ghosts gyred around him
noun

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1. The winds push the ocean beneath them into the same rotating gyres.