See Also: eddy(dictionary)
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eddy current(medicine)
eddy sounds(medicine)
eddy 2, verb(dictionary)
eddy 1, noun(dictionary)
Eddy, Mary Baker(dictionary)
Eddy, Mary Baker(encyclopedia)
eddy-current loss(medicine)
Eddy the Chief Clearwater's Reservation Blues(tourism)

sweeten (oh) and eddy (iou)


sweeten (oh)



[I and T] to make something sweeter, or become sweeter
::Sweeten the mixture with a little honey.
[T] also sweeten sb ¡û¡ú up
informal to try to persuade someone to do what you want, by giving them presents or money or promising them something
::a cash bonus to sweeten the deal
-see also sweetener (2)
[T] literary to make someone kinder, gentler etc
::Old age had not sweetened her.
-see also sweeten the pill at pill 1 (4)

eddy (iou)



eddy noun & verb. LME.
[Prob. from base of Old English ed- again, back. Cf. Old Norse iea eddy.]
A. noun. A circular or contrary motion in water, esp. at the side of the main current; a similar motion in air, fog, smoke, etc.; a small whirlpool or vortex. LME.
G. Orwell Little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals. fig.: P. Ackroyd Eddies of loud, barking laughter swept across the room.
Comb.: eddy current a localized circulating current induced within the body of an electrical conductor by magnetic field variation; eddy-wind: that moves in an eddy.
b. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) move in an eddy or eddies. M18.
L. Lee This fearful spice, eddying up from its box. R. Graves Not enough breeze to eddy a puff of smoke.
eddyless adjective E17.