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kierteinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • convoluted adj Extremely complicated and hard to follow.
  • corkscrew noun A tool with a metal spiral used for pulling corks out of bottles.
  • cyclic adj Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical

Senses

kierteinen is used for these senses in English:

  • convoluted (chiefly, anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
  • corkscrew Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
  • cyclic (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.
  • helical In the shape of a helix.
  • turbinate (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.

convoluted — full definition

  1. adj Extremely complicated and hard to follow.
  2. adj Having many twists, coils, or folds.

corkscrew — full definition

  1. noun A tool with a metal spiral used for pulling corks out of bottles.
  2. adj Shaped like a tight spiral.
  3. verb To move or twist in a tight spiral path.

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