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Circle   /sˈərkəl/   Listen
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



... Utah will form the first division of this squadron. The four vessels proposed will form the second division. It will be an improvement on the first, the ships being of the heavy, single caliber, all big gun type. All the vessels should have the same tactical qualities—that is, speed and turning circle—and as near as possible these tactical qualities should be the same as in the four vessels before named now ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

... You have seen her colonies forming a belt around the circle of the earth, on which the sun never sets. And now you have laid eyes on the mother-country, on which it appears the sun never rises. Then you begin to compare legislative bodies, Parliament and Congress. You find that in Parliament the members sit with their hats on and cough, while ...
— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various

... of national renown. By the end of his second year no amateur could be found who would willingly face him with the gloves, and upon several occasions, under a carefully guarded sobriquet, he had given a good account of himself against some of the foremost professionals of the squared circle. He was a man of mighty muscles, of red blood, and of iron, to whom the strain and sweat of physical encounter were the breath ...
— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

... family of the Mekkawys or Bedouins of the tribe of Koreysh, in whose territory Arafat lies, has its particular spot assigned to it for this purpose. The summit commands a very extensive and singular prospect. I brought my compass to take a circle of bearings; but the crowd was so great that I could not use it. Towards the western extremity of the plain are seen Bir Bazan and the Aalameyn; somewhat nearer, southwards, the mosque called Djama Nimre, or Djama Seydna Ibrahim; and on the south-east, a small ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, No. - 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) • Various

... He wouldn't want to send you to boarding-school, for then you'd not be so well off as where you are. Oh, no, don't you be getting it into your head that your father doesn't care for you." Mrs. Hunt made decided plunges at the yellow dough at each attack leaving behind a scalloped circle. "How I talk," she said as she deftly lifted the cookies into a pan, "but my tongue runs away with me sometimes. When do you think you'll be smart enough ...
— Little Maid Marian • Amy E. Blanchard


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