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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

... off in the direction of what I have since learned is the richest locality in gold mines and after walking a while we seemed to float through space; then we came to the ground a few feet from the top of the mountain. We walked up to the top and again floated in the air in a semi-circle, landing at the foot of another mountain a few miles to ...

— The Secret of Dreams • Yacki Raizizun

... were distinctly traceable in a thin coating of fine dust which was met with. The identity of the passage being thus established, it was marked in a similar way to the other, but with a cross instead of a circle. The marking of the two passages proved to be a long and tedious job, owing to the hardness of the rock and the imperfect character of the tools, but it was done at last; and then they set out to ...

— The Pirate Island - A Story of the South Pacific • Harry Collingwood

... again, and serenely puffing in a circle, the circumnavigator meanwhile pleasantly going the rounds, Media called upon Mohi ...

— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) • Herman Melville

... swaying wildly to and fro, yet always hanging perpendicular by reason of a simple mechanism, the lantern threw out its bright beams, involving the vessel and the foam-clad boiling sea in a circle of light which ended in darkness profound, forming, as it were, a bright but ghostly chamber shut in with walls of ebony, and revealing, in all its appalling reality, the fury of the sea. What horrors lay concealed ...

— The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands • R.M. Ballantyne

... currants. Let rise in warm place, then toss on floured board. Divide into three or four equal parts, roll each part into a long strand and work the strands together to form one large braid. Place braid in form of a circle in greased baking-pan or twist the braid to resemble the figure eight, pretzel shape. Let rise again in a warm place and bake in a moderate oven one-half hour or until thoroughly done. Brush with beaten eggs and sugar, sprinkle with a few chopped almonds. ...

— The International Jewish Cook Book • Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

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