Roleset whir.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "make a soft swishing sound":

Roles:

Arg1:emitter of sound

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: ns form: ns


intransitive (-)
The sounds issuing from beyond -- winches whirring , men shouting -- indicated great activity and excited me .
Arg1:	winches
REL:	whirring