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
- he calculated the circumference of the circle
Definition categories: shape, ellipse, oval
2. an unofficial association of people or groups
Similar word(s): band, lot, set
Definition categories: group
3. something approximating the shape of a circle
- the chairs were arranged in a circle
Definition categories: shape, form
4. movement once around a course
Definition categories: act, locomotion, travel
5. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Similar word(s): rotary, roundabout
Definition categories: man–made, junction
6. street names for flunitrazepan
Similar word(s): roach, roofy, rope
Definition categories: man–made, rohypnol
7. 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
Definition categories: man–made, seating, seats
8. any circular or rotating mechanism
- the machine punched out metal circles
Similar word(s): round
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with circle as a noun:
- Put on your dunce-cap and sit down on that circle.
- move in a circle
- inner circle; circle of friends
- The ten Circles of the Holy Roman Empire were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet.
- After working all night, she had circles under her eyes.
verb
1. travel around something
- circle the globe
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. move in a circular path above (someone or something)
- the plane circled, looking for a landing spot
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
3. form or draw a circle around
- encircle the errors
Similar word(s): encircle
Definition categories: contact, form, shape
Sentences with circle as a verb:
- Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.
- Vultures circled overhead.