circle
noun
[ ˈsəːk(ə)l ]
• a round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).
• "draw a circle with a compass"
• a group of people with a shared profession, interests, or acquaintances.
• "she did not normally move in such exalted circles"
Similar:
group,
set,
ring,
company,
body,
coterie,
clique,
camp,
league,
faction,
crowd,
band,
crew,
gang,
bunch,
pack,
squad,
sphere,
world,
milieu,
arena,
domain,
society,
circle
verb
• move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.
• "they were circling Athens airport"
Similar:
wheel,
move round,
move round in circles,
revolve,
rotate,
whirl,
spiral,
gyrate,
go round,
walk round,
travel round,
circumnavigate,
orbit,
revolve round,
circumambulate,
Origin:
Old English, from Old French cercle, from Latin circulus ‘small ring’, diminutive of circus ‘ring’.
