CIRCLE

I. noun Usage: often attributive see: ring Date: 14th century 1. ring , halo , a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve, the plane surface bounded by such a curve, the orbit of a celestial body, something in the form of a ~ or section of a ~: as, diadem , an instrument of astronomical observation the graduated limb of which consists of an entire ~, a balcony or tier of seats in a theater, a ~ formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that passes through it , rotary 2, an area of action or influence ; realm , 5. cycle , round , fallacious reasoning in which something to be demonstrated is covertly assumed, a group of persons sharing a common interest or revolving about a common center , a territorial or administrative division or district, a curving side street, II. verb (~d; circling) Date: 14th century transitive verb to enclose in or as if in a ~, to move or revolve around , intransitive verb 1. to move in or as if in a ~, circulate , to describe or extend in a ~, ~r noun