[{"word":"vortices","phonetic":"/ˈvɔː.tɪ.siːz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈvɔː.tɪ.siːz/","audio":""},{"text":"/ˈvɔɹ.tɪ.siz/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"2004: the consumer vortex that is East Hampton — The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.38"},{"definition":"Anything that inevitably draws surrounding things into its current.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A supposed collection of particles of very subtle matter, endowed with a rapid rotary motion around an axis which was also the axis of a sun or planet; part of a Cartesian theory accounting for the formation of the universe, and the movements of the bodies composing it.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any of numerous species of small Turbellaria belonging to Vortex and allied genera.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vortex","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vortices"]}]