n. 25B6; noun
a circle of gold stars : RING, band, hoop, circlet; halo, disc; technical annulus.
her circle of friends : GROUP, set, company, coterie, clique; crowd, band; informal gang, bunch, crew.
illustrious circles : SPHERE, world, milieu; society.
25B6; verb
seagulls circled above : WHEEL, move round, revolve, rotate, whirl, spiral.
satellites circling the earth : GO ROUND, travel round, circumnavigate; orbit, revolve round.
the abbey was circled by a wall : SURROUND, encircle, ring, enclose, encompass; poetic/literary gird.