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Adjective spiraling has 1 sense

coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate - in the shape of a coil
Antonyms: uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)

Verb spiral has 3 senses

gyrate, spiral, coil - to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
--₁ is one way to turn

Derived forms: noun spiral₄, noun spiral₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
spiral - form a spiral; "The path spirals up the mountain"
--₂ is one way to wind, curve

Derived forms: noun spiral₂, noun spiral₁
Sample sentence:
The wires spiral around the stick
corkscrew, spiral - move in a spiral or zigzag course
--₃ is one way to turn

Derived form: noun spiral₅
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s