circle
noun
- 1
movement once around a course
he drove an extra lap just for insurance
- 2
any circular or rotating mechanism
the machine punched out metal circles
- 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
street names for flunitrazepan
- 5
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
- 6
an unofficial association of people or groups
the smart set goes there
they were an angry lot
- 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
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something approximating the shape of a circle
the chairs were arranged in a circle
verb
- 1
form a circle around
encircle the errors
- 2
travel around something
circle the globe
- 3
move in circles
Also useful for “circle”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “circle”