Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eddy

2 senses of eddy

Sense 1
Eddy, Mary Baker Eddy, Mary Morse Baker Eddy -- (founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910))
       INSTANCE OF=> religious person -- (a person who manifests devotion to a deity)

Sense 2
eddy, twist -- (a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself)
       => current, stream -- (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb eddy

1 sense of eddy

Sense 1
eddy, purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl -- (flow in a circular current, of liquids)
       => run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")