- 1(+ adv./prep.) to move in continuous circles, going upward or downward Smoke spiraled into the sky. The plane spiraled down to the ground.
- 2to increase rapidly the spiraling cost of health care + adv./prep. Prices are spiraling out of control. Phrasal Verbsspiral down
spiral
verbNAmE//ˈspaɪrəl//
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spiral he / she / it spirals
past simple spiraled (Canadian English usually)spiralled
-ing form spiraling (Canadian English usually)spiralling
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