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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Circling.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to
make round. See Circle, n., and cf. Circulate.]
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1. To move around; to revolve around.
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Other planets circle other suns. --Pope.
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2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
encircle. --Prior. Pope.
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Their heads are circled with a short turban.
--Dampier.
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So he lies, circled with evil. --Coleridge.
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To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Circling.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to
make round. See Circle, n., and cf. Circulate.]
1. To move around; to revolve around.
Other planets circle other suns. --Pope.
2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
encircle. --Prior. Pope.
Their heads are circled with a short turban.
--Dampier.
So he lies, circled with evil. --Coleridge.
To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
circling
n.
1 A circular motion.
2 (lb en uncountable) The practice of sitting in a circle and taking
turns to speak about one's emotions or experiences while the others
listen, intended to be therapeutic or to strengthen relations within the
group.
vb.
(present participle of en circle nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
circling
n.
1 A circular motion.
2 (lb en uncountable) The practice of sitting in a circle and taking
turns to speak about one's emotions or experiences while the others
listen, intended to be therapeutic or to strengthen relations within the
group.
vb.
(present participle of en circle nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
circling
n.
1 A circular motion.
2 (lb en uncountable) The practice of sitting in a circle and taking
turns to speak about one's emotions or experiences while the others
listen, intended to be therapeutic or to strengthen relations within the
group.
vb.
(present participle of en circle nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
circling
n.
1 A circular motion.
2 (lb en uncountable) The practice of sitting in a circle and taking
turns to speak about one's emotions or experiences while the others
listen, intended to be therapeutic or to strengthen relations within the
group.
vb.
(present participle of en circle nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
circling
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm c ircl ing e)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
circling
Engelska a.
(avledning en circle ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb circle)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Circling /sˈɜːklɪŋ/ الإدارةFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
circling /sˈɜːklɪŋ/ otáčejícíFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
circling /sˈɜːklɪŋ/ kroužícíFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
circling /sˈɜːklɪŋ/ kreisend see: circle, circledFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
circling /sˈɜːklɪŋ/ umkreisend, umfahren, sich bewegend see: circle, circled, circles, circledFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈsɝkəɫɪŋ/, /ˈsɝkɫɪŋ/
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "circling":
alternate, ambient, beating, cincture, circuition, circuitousness,
circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumambience,
circumambiency, circumambient, circumambulation, circumcincture,
circumferential, circumflex, circumflexion, circumfluent,
circumfluous, circumjacence, circumjacent, circumlocution,
circummigration, circumnavigation, circumposition, containment,
cyclic, deviance, deviancy, deviation, deviousness, digression,
embracement, embracing, encincture, encirclement, encircling,
enclosing, enclosure, encompassing, encompassment, enfolding,
enfoldment, enveloping, envelopment, environing, environment,
epochal, even, every other, excursion, excursus, girding, girdling,
gyre, gyring, inclusion, indirection, intermittent, involvement,
isochronal, meandering, measured, metronomic, neighboring, orbit,
orbiting, oscillatory, periodical, peripheral, pulsing, reciprocal,
recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rotary, roundabout, roundaboutness,
rounding, seasonal, serial, spiral, spiraling, steady, suburban,
surrounding, turn, turning, undulant, undulatory, wavelike,
wheeling, wrapping