[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   1913 webster
   1. to move around; to revolve around.
      1913 webster

            other planets circle other suns.      --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
      encircle. --prior. pope.
      1913 webster

            their heads are circled with a short turban.
                                                  --dampier.
      1913 webster

            so he lies, circled with evil.        --coleridge.
      1913 webster

   to circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
      to circle bodies in. --sir k. digby.
      1913 webster
see also:
circled circling circle circulate to circle in 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

circle \cir"cle\, v. i.
   to move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
   1913 webster

         thy name shall circle round the gaping through.
                                                  --byron.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

circle \cir"cle\ s~er"k'l, n. oe. cercle, f. cercle, fr. l.
   circulus whence also as. circul, dim. of circus circle,
   akin to gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. cf. circus,
   circum-.
   1913 webster
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
      ring.
      1913 webster

   3. astron. an instrument of observation, the graduated limb
      of which consists of an entire circle.
      1913 webster

   note: when it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
         called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
         on an axis and in y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
         meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
         the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
         reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
         angle several times continuously along the graduated
         limb, a repeating circle.
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   4. a round body; a sphere; an orb.
      1913 webster

            it is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
                                                  --is. xi. 22.
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   5. compass; circuit; inclosure.
      1913 webster

            in the circle of this forest.         --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. 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.
      1913 webster

            as his name gradually became known, the circle of
            his acquaintance widened.             --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   7. a circular group of persons; a ring.
      1913 webster

   8. a series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
      1913 webster

            thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --dryden.
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   9. logic a form of argument in which two or more unproved
      statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
      reasoning.
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            that heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
            that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
            descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
            nothing.                              --glanvill.
      1913 webster

   10. indirect form of words; circumlocution. r.
       1913 webster

             has he given the lie,
             in circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --j.
                                                  fletcher.
       1913 webster

   11. a territorial division or district.
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   note:

   the circles of the holy roman empire, ten in number, were
      those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
      german diet.
      1913 webster

   azimuth circle. see under azimuth.

   circle of altitude astron., a circle parallel to the
      horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.

   circle of curvature. see osculating circle of a curve
      below.

   circle of declination. see under declination.

   circle of latitude.
       a astron. a great circle perpendicular to the plane
           of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
       b spherical projection a small circle of the sphere
           whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.

   circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
      ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.

   circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
      boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
      which the stars never set. its distance from the pole is
      equal to the latitude of the place.

   circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
      boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
      which the stars never rise.

   circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
      sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
      through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
      small circle.

   diurnal circle. see under diurnal.

   dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
      containing the prominent and more expensive seats.

   druidical circles eng. antiq., a popular name for certain
      ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
      arranged, as at stonehenge, near salisbury.

   family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
      containing inexpensive seats.

   horary circles dialing, the lines on dials which show the
      hours.

   osculating circle of a curve geom., the circle which
      touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
      the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
      other circle. this circle is used as a measure of the
      curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
      circle of curvature.

   pitch circle. see under pitch.

   vertical circle, an azimuth circle.

   voltaic circuit or voltaic circle. see under circuit.
      

   to square the circle. see under square.

   syn: ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
        1913 webster
see also:
circus circum- mural circle meridian circle transit circle reflecting circle 
repeating circle the circles of the holy roman empire azimuth circle azimuth circle of altitude 
circle of curvature osculating circle of a curve circle of declination declination circle of latitude 
circles of longitude circle of perpetual apparition circle of perpetual occultation circle of the sphere diurnal circle 
diurnal dress circle druidical circles family circle horary circles 
pitch circle pitch vertical circle voltaic circuit voltaic circle 
circuit to square the circle square 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

circle
     n 1: ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane
          curve generated by one point moving at a constant
          distance from a fixed point; "he calculated the
          circumference of the circle"
     2: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
        set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" syn: set, band,
         lot
     3: something approximating the shape of a circle; "the chairs
        were arranged in a circle"
     4: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just
        for insurance" syn: lap, circuit
     5: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a
        central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the
        rotary" syn: traffic circle, rotary, roundabout
     6: street names for flunitrazepan syn: r-2, mexican valium,
         rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug
     7: a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or
        opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra;
        "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" syn: dress
        circle
     8: any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out
        metal circles" syn: round
     v 1: travel around something; "circle the globe"
     2: move in circles syn: circulate
     3: be around; "developments surround the town"; "the river
        encircles the village" syn: surround, environ, encircle,
         round, ring
     4: form a circle around; "encircle the errors" syn: encircle
see also:
set band lot lap circuit traffic circle 
rotary roundabout r-2 mexican valium rophy 
rope roofy roach forget me drug dress circle 
round circulate surround environ encircle 
ring 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

356 moby thesaurus words for "circle":
   o, acquaintance, advance, alentours, alternate, ambience, ambit,
   anklet, annular muscle, annulus, anthelion, antisun, aphelion,
   apogee, arc, arena, areola, armlet, arsis, ascend, associates,
   astronomical longitude, aura, aureole, autumnal equinox, back,
   back up, bailiwick, band, bangle, be here again, beads, beat,
   begird, belt, belt in, bijou, border, borderland, borderlands,
   bout, bow, bracelet, breastpin, brooch, budge, bunch, cabal, cadre,
   camarilla, camp, catacaustic, catenary, caustic, celestial equator,
   celestial longitude, celestial meridian, cell, chain, change,
   change place, chaplet, charm, charmed circle, chatelaine, cincture,
   circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambiencies, circumambulate,
   circumference, circumjacencies, circummigrate, circumnavigate,
   circumrotate, circumscribe, circumstances, circumvent,
   circumvolute, circus, clan, class, climb, clique, close the circle,
   closed circle, colures, come again, come and go, come around,
   come full circle, come round, come round again, come up again,
   companions, company, compass, comrades, conchoid, context, cordon,
   corona, coronet, coterie, countersun, course, crank, crescent,
   crew, cronies, crook, crowd, crown, curl, curve, cycle, demesne,
   department, descend, describe a circle, diacaustic, diadem,
   diastole, dimensions, discus, disk, division, domain, dominion,
   downbeat, earring, ebb, ecliptic, elite, elite group, ellipse,
   encincture, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, ensphere,
   entourage, environ, environing circumstances, environment,
   environs, equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle,
   equinoctial colure, equinox, eternal return, extension, extent,
   fairy ring, fellowship, festoon, field, flank, flow, fob,
   fraternity, friends, full circle, galactic longitude, garland, gem,
   geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude, gestalt, get over, gird,
   girdle, girdle the globe, glory, go, go about, go around, go round,
   go sideways, go the round, great circle, group, gyrate, gyre,
   habitat, halo, heliocentric longitude, hem, hemisphere, hook, hoop,
   hyperbola, ingroup, inner circle, intermit, jewel,
   judicial circuit, junta, junto, jurisdiction, lap, lasso, length,
   lituus, locket, logical circle, longitude, loop, looplet, lot,
   lunar corona, lunar halo, magic circle, make a circuit, march,
   meridian, milieu, mob, mock moon, mock sun, moon dog, mount, move,
   move over, necklace, neighborhood, nimbus, noose, nose ring, orb,
   orbit, oscillate, outfit, outposts, outskirts, pale, parabola,
   paraselene, parhelic circle, parhelion, perigee, perihelion,
   perimeter, period, periphery, pin, pirouette, pivot, plunge,
   precinct, precincts, precious stone, progress, province, pulsate,
   pulse, purlieus, push, radius, rainbow, realm, reappear, recur,
   regress, reoccur, repeat, retrogress, return, revolution, revolve,
   rhinestone, ring, ringlet, rise, roll, roll around, rondelle,
   rotate, rotation, round, round trip, roundel, rounds, run, saucer,
   scope, screw, series, set, shift, sink, sinus, situation, skirt,
   small circle, soar, society, solar corona, solar halo,
   solstitial colure, spell, sphere, sphincter, spin, spiral,
   stickpin, stir, stone, stream, subside, suburbs, sun dog, surround,
   surroundings, swing, swivel, systole, thesis, tiara, torque,
   total environment, tour, tracery, trajectory, travel, turn,
   turn a pirouette, turn around, turn round, twine around, twist,
   undulate, upbeat, vernal equinox, vicinage, vicinity,
   vicious circle, walk, wamble, wampum, wane, we-group, wheel,
   wheel around, whirl, wind, wreath, wreathe, wreathe around,
   wristband, wristlet, zodiac, zone

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

circle, ak cdp, fips 14880
  location: 65.82454 n, 144.08262 w
  population 1990: 73 31 housing units
  area: 11.8 sq km land, 2.9 sq km water
  zip codes: 99733
circle, mt town, fips 14950
  location: 47.41749 n, 105.58614 w
  population 1990: 805 399 housing units
  area: 2.0 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 59215

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

circle, ak -- u.s. census designated place in alaska
   population 2000:    100
   housing units 2000: 42
   land area 2000:     107.672614 sq. miles 278.870779 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.540092 sq. miles 1.398832 sq. km
   total area 2000:    108.212706 sq. miles 280.269611 sq. km
   fips code:            14880
   located within:       alaska ak, fips 02
   location:             65.834464 n, 144.076392 w
   zip codes 1990:     99733
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    circle, ak
    circle

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

circle, mt -- u.s. town in montana
   population 2000:    644
   housing units 2000: 384
   land area 2000:     0.790055 sq. miles 2.046233 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.790055 sq. miles 2.046233 sq. km
   fips code:            14950
   located within:       montana mt, fips 30
   location:             47.416987 n, 105.588734 w
   zip codes 1990:     59215
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    circle, mt
    circle

Circle >> C Words
Circle, definition of term: Circle
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Circle Round >> C Words
Circle Round, definition of term: Circle Round
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Traffic Circle >> T Words
Traffic Circle, definition of term: Traffic Circle
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Vicious Circle >> V Words
Vicious Circle, definition of term: Vicious Circle
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Pitch Circle >> P Words
Pitch Circle, definition of term: Pitch Circle
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Family Circle >> F Words
Family Circle, definition of term: Family Circle
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Arctic Circle >> A Words
Arctic Circle, definition of term: Arctic Circle
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Great Circle >> G Words
Great Circle, definition of term: Great Circle
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Arctic Circle
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