circle

noun

  1. 1

    movement once around a course

    he drove an extra lap just for insurance

  2. 2

    any circular or rotating mechanism

    the machine punched out metal circles

  3. 3

    a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

    they had excellent seats in the dress circle

  4. 4

    street names for flunitrazepan

  5. 5

    a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

    the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary

  6. 6

    an unofficial association of people or groups

    the smart set goes there

    they were an angry lot

  7. 7

    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

    he calculated the circumference of the circle

  8. 8

    something approximating the shape of a circle

    the chairs were arranged in a circle

verb

  1. 1

    form a circle around

    encircle the errors

  2. 2

    travel around something

    circle the globe

  3. 3

    move in circles

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