(US) counterclockwise; anticlockwise

(US) counterclockwise; anticlockwise

In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

(colloquial) Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. / (colloquial, by extension) Not open about some feature of one's life; often construed with about.

(meteorology) A tapering cloud descending from a larger storm cloud, indicating the presence of an intense vortex. A tornado is a funnel cloud which reaches the ground.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To tell others about one's homosexuality, bisexuality, transness, or any minority or disapproved-of belief, preference, etc., where previously this had been kept secret.

One used to store food or other household supplies: a cupboard. / (obsolete) Any private space, (particularly) bowers in the open air.

(obsolete) private / closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet)

(transitive) To shut away for private discussion. / (transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.