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eddying

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Eddying means moving in a swirling current or forming an eddy. It describes water turning in circles.

Detailed Definition
To eddy is to move in a circular current, especially in water. In the poem, the brook’s motion is rendered as lively and varied, with the water swirling through bays.
Example
Example in poetry:
“I bubble into eddying bays” makes eddying a present participle describing swirling water; “Eddying snow filled the alley like torn paper” applies the motion to weather; in a river poem, “Eddying around the stones, the current darkened” gives the participle an active visual role; contemporary eco-poetry may use “eddying plastic” to make pollution seem trapped in a current
Additional Notes
The participle "eddying" in "I bubble into eddying bays" uses a specialized water-motion term that some readers may need to look up.; Found in the poem, The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Also Known As
whirling swirling spiraling
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