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# swivel

«swivel» in Mova's school dictionary: **to turn round on one spot, like turning in a chair or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (swivel, swivels, swivelled / swiveled, swivelling / swiveling); noun (a swivel); adjective (a swivel chair)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To swivel is to turn round on one spot, like turning in a chair or turning your head quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#m1)

2) A swivel is a joint or part that lets something turn round while staying in place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#m2)

3) A swivel chair is an office chair that can turn round. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character swivels round to see who is behind; owls can swivel their heads a long way. In technology, swivel joints let parts turn, like on a dog's lead or a desk lamp. In everyday life, children spin on swivel chairs (safely, not standing on them).

### examples

- She swivelled round in her chair to face us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x1)
- Owls can swivel their heads very far. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x2)
- He swivelled his eyes towards the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x3)
- The camera swivels to follow the action. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x4)
- Don't stand on the swivel chair; it can turn and tip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x5)
- The lamp has a swivel arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x6)
- The teacher swivelled to look at the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/#x7)

### note

In UK English the l doubles: «swivelled, swivelling»; in US English: «swiveled, swiveling». Pronounced SWIV-ul. A swivel turns on one spot; it does not move along.

### In the corpora

- [Jumping spiders hunt by sight with two big front eyes; many see colour, and their main eyes can swivel inside the head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/148-spider-man-real-spider-senses-climbing-and-bites/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «swivel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swivel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.