circle
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(verb) travel around something; "circle the globe" |
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Related Words: circle around, circle round, circumambulate, circumnavigate, compass, go, locomote, move, revolve around, travel, walk around |
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(verb) move in circles |
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Synonyms: circulate |
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Related Words: go, locomote, loop, move, orbit, revolve, travel, troll |
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(noun) any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" |
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Synonyms: round |
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Related Words: disc, disk, rotating mechanism |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: dress circle |
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Related Words: seating, seating area, seating room, seats |
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(noun) 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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Related Words: circle of curvature, conic, conic section, epicycle, equator, osculating circle |
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(noun) something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs were arranged in a circle" |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(noun) movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" |
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Synonyms: circuit, lap |
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Related Words: locomotion, pace lap, travel |
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(verb) form a circle around; "encircle the errors" |
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Synonyms: encircle |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(noun) a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" |
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Synonyms: rotary, roundabout, traffic circle |
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Related Words: junction |
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(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" |
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Synonyms: band, lot, set |
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Related Words: Four Hundred, camp, clique, cohort, company, confederacy, conspiracy, coterie, horsey set, horsy set, ingroup, inner circle, jet set, pack, party, social group |
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(verb) be around |
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Synonyms: encircle, environ, ring, round, surround |
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Related Words: bear, begird, carry, cloister, contain, gird, girt, girth, hold, wreath, wreathe |
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