winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either around a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone:a spiral pattern
winding in a continuous curve of constant diameter about a central axis, as though along a cylinder; helical.
(of a stairway) constantly turning in one direction as it rises, around a solid or open centre:a wrought-iron spiral staircase
Medicine (of a fracture) curving round a long bone lengthwise.
2a progressive rise or fall of prices, wages, etc., each responding to an upward or downward stimulus provided by a previous one:an inflationary spiral
a process of deterioration through the continuous increase or decrease of a specified feature:this spiral of deprivation and environmental degradation
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1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move in a spiral course:a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees
[with object and adverbial] cause to have a spiral shape or follow a spiral course:spiral the bandage round the limb
2 [no object] show a continuous and dramatic increase:inflation continued to spiral (as adjective spiralling)he needed to relax after the spiralling tensions of the day
(spiral down/downward) decrease or deteriorate continuously:he expects the figures to spiral down further
