巻く — meaning in English

English meaning

• roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
• swirl verb To move in a twisting, circular pattern.
• wind noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.

Senses

巻く is used for these senses in English:

• roll (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
• swirl (ambitransitive) To twist or whirl, as an eddy.

roll — full definition

1. verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
2. verb To form something into a cylindrical or spherical shape by turning it over on itself.
3. verb To begin or set something in motion, especially filming or an event.
4. noun A small individually baked piece of bread.
5. noun A cylindrical bundle of something rolled up.

swirl — full definition

1. verb To move in a twisting, circular pattern.
2. noun A twisting, circular pattern or motion.

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