noun compass; circuit; inclosure.
2. circle ·noun to move around; to revolve around.
3. circle ·noun a territorial division or district.
4. circle ·noun a circular group of persons; a ring.
5. circle ·noun indirect form of words; circumlocution.
6. circle ·noun a round body; a sphere; an orb.
7. circle ·noun a series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
8. circle ·noun the line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a ring.
9. circle ·vi to move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
10. circle ·noun an instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle.
11. circle ·noun a form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
12. circle ·noun to encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle.
13. circle ·noun a plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.
14. circle ·noun a company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.