závit — meaning in English

English meaning

• volute noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
• worm noun A long, thin, legless invertebrate, such as an earthworm.

Senses

závit is used for these senses in English:

• gyrus (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
• screw thread (engineering) A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.
• volute (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
• worm Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.

volute — full definition

1. noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
2. noun The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. noun Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
4. noun The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.

worm — full definition

1. noun A long, thin, legless invertebrate, such as an earthworm.
2. noun A self-replicating computer program that spreads across a network on its own.
3. noun An insulting term for a contemptible or sneaky person.
4. verb To move forward slowly by crawling or wriggling.

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