n.
circular geometric figure
1) to describe, draw a ~
2) to square a ~ (to square a ~ is impossible)
3) the Antarctic; Arctic; polar ~ (at the Arctic ~)
4) the great ~ (on the earth's surface)
5) a traffic ~ ( AE ; BE has roundabout )
6) (sports) the center ~; the winner's ~ (at a racecourse/racetrack)
7) the area; circumference; diameter; radius of a ~
group resembling the figure of a ~
8) to form a ~
9) to join a ~ (she joined the ~ of dancers)
group
10) academic; artistic; business, financial; court; diplomatic; exclusive, select; high; informed, well-informed; literary; official; political; professional; ruling ~s (to move in the highest ~s)
11) a charmed ('exclusive'); close, closed, inner, intimate, narrow; wide ~ (a close ~ of friends)
12) a linguistic; quilting; sewing ~
13) a family ~
14) in a ~ (in our ~ of friends; in informed ~s)
cycle
15) to come full ~
misc.
16) a vicious ~ ('an insoluble, never-ending problem'); to go around in ~s ('to behave in a confused manner')