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Circle

noun

1.

Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point.

2.

An unofficial association of people or groups. Synonyms: band, lot, set. "They were an angry lot"

3.

Something approximating the shape of a circle.

4.

Movement once around a course. Synonyms: circuit, lap.

5.

A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. Synonyms: rotary, roundabout, traffic circle.

6.

Street names for flunitrazepan. Synonyms: forget me drug, Mexican valium, R-2, roach, roofy, rope, rophy.

7.

A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra. Synonym: dress circle.

8.

Any circular or rotating mechanism. Synonym: round.

verb

(past & past part. circled; pres. part. circling)

1.

Travel around something.

2.

Move in circles. Synonym: circulate.

3.

Form a circle around. Synonym: encircle.

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"Circle" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lucy, coming forward and joining her sister; "but then it isn't likely it will be. There has been a big circle around the moon these three nights, and besides that, I never knew it fail to storm when I was particularly anxious that it should be pleasant;" and the indignant beauty pouted very becomingly at the insult ...

— Homestead on the Hillside • Mary Jane Holmes

... miserable eyes toward Winifred. More than any other object in the world Hubert loved his sister, and his grief was very hot and sore when it became apparent that she and George were "as good as engaged," as all their circle of friends affirmed. They were not actually so, the "George" and "Winifred" terms resulting from an acquaintance since childhood, and had Hubert been a praying man he would have prayed that such a consummation might never occur. He voiced ...

— The First Soprano • Mary Hitchcock

... smitten with madame. Also, Hector could not conceal his exultation at seeing Valerie's success; and she, severely proper, very lady-like, and greatly envied, was the object of that strict examination which women so greatly fear when they appear for the first time in a new circle of society. ...

— Cousin Betty • Honore de Balzac

... these into excellent portraits. When he had finished half-a-dozen of them, his brother had cut and brought to the spot a number of bushy branches about two or three feet high. These were soon stuck into the ground in a small circle so as to resemble a growing bush, behind, or, rather, in the midst of which, they could ...

— The Buffalo Runners - A Tale of the Red River Plains • R.M. Ballantyne

... rising and setting of the sun, the idea of the sun's conjunction with certain stars could not suggest itself to a listless observer. The moon, on the contrary, progressing from night to night, and coming successively in contact with certain stars, was like the finger of a clock, moving round a circle, and coming in contact with one figure after another on the dial-plate of the sky. Nor would the portion of about one third of a lunation in addition to the twenty-seven stars from new moon to new moon, create much confusion in the minds of the rough-and-ready ...

— India: What can it teach us? - A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge • F. Max Mueller

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