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Synonyms of the word 
CIRCLE → BAND - BEAR - CARRY - CIRCUIT - CIRCULATE - CONTAIN - ELLIPSE - ENCIRCLE - ENVIRON - FORM - GO - HOLD - JUNCTION - LAP - LOCOMOTE - LOCOMOTION - LOT - MOVE - OVAL - RING - ROACH - ROOFY - ROPE - ROTARY - ROUND - ROUNDABOUT - SEATING - SEATS - SET - SHAPE - SURROUND - TRAVELcircle- n. (geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a…
- n. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a…
- n. Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- n. A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- n. Orbit.
- n. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- n. (cricket) A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight…
- n. (Wicca) A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the…
- n. (South Africa) A traffic circle or roundabout.
- n. (obsolete) Compass; circuit; enclosure.
- n. (astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed…
- n. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- n. (logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive…
- n. Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
- n. A territorial division or district.
- n. (in the plural) A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- v. (transitive) To travel around along a curved path.
- v. (transitive) To surround.
- v. (transitive) To place or mark a circle around.
- v. (intransitive) To travel in circles.
band- n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
- n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
- n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic…
- n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
- n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- n. (obsolete) A bond.
- n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
- n. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…
- n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc.
- n. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension)…
- v. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- v. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
- n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
- n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
- n. A marching band.
- n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
- n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
- n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government…
- v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
bear- n. A large omnivorous mammal, related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and…
- n. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- n. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- n. (slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).
- n. (slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
- n. (engineering) A portable punching machine.
- n. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- v. (finance, transitive) To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- adj. (finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices…
- v. (transitive) To support or sustain; to hold up.
- v. (transitive) To carry something.
- v. (transitive) To be equipped with (something).
- v. (transitive) To wear or display.
- v. (transitive, with witness) To declare as testimony.
- v. (transitive) To put up with something.
- v. (transitive) To give birth to someone or something (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- v. (intransitive) To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
- v. (intransitive) To suffer, as in carrying a burden.
- v. (intransitive) To endure with patience; to be patient.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on, upon, or against) To press.
- v. (trasitive, intransitive) To take effect; to have influence or force.
- v. (intransitive, usually with on or upon) To relate or refer.
- v. (transitive) To have a certain meaning, intent, or effect.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct; to bring (a person).
- v. (transitive) To possess and use (power, etc.); to exercise.
- v. (transitive) To possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbour.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To gain or win.
- v. (transitive) To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- v. (transitive) To admit or be capable of; to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- v. (transitive) To manage, wield, or direct; to behave or conduct (oneself).
- v. (transitive) To afford; to be (something) to; to supply with.
- n. (colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- n. Alternative spelling of bere (“barley”).
carry- v. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- v. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
- v. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
- v. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- v. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly.
- v. (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the…
- v. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
- v. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- v. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- v. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- v. (transitive) To have on one's person.
- v. To be pregnant (with).
- v. To have propulsive power; to propel.
- v. To hold the head; said of a horse.
- v. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- v. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in…
- v. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- v. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
- v. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- v. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- n. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- n. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- n. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
circuit- n. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution.
- n. The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
- n. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
- n. The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
- n. (electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
- n. A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job.
- n. (law) The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
- n. (historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including.
- n. (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.
- n. (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
- n. By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially…
- n. (motor racing) A track on which a race in held.
- n. (obsolete) circumlocution.
- n. (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
- v. (obsolete) To travel around.
circulate- v. (intransitive) to move in circles or through a circuit.
- v. (transitive) to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit.
- v. to move from person to person, as at a party.
- v. to spread or disseminate.
- v. to become widely known.
contain- v. (transitive) To hold inside.
- v. (transitive) To include as a part.
- v. (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
- v. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
ellipse- n. (geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to…
- v. (grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood…
encircle- v. (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
- v. To move or go around completely.
environ- n. (especially in plural) A surrounding area.
- v. To surround; to encircle.
form- n. (heading, physical) To do with shape.
- n. (social) To do with structure or procedure.
- n. A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- n. Level of performance.
- n. (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape…
- n. The den or home of a hare.
- n. (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- n. (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- n. (printing, dated) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured…
- n. (geometry) A quantic.
- n. (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- v. (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- v. (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- v. (intransitive) To take shape.
- v. To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- v. (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- v. (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- v. To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- v. To provide (a hare) with a form.
- v. (electrical, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage…
go- v. To move.
- v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
- v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
- v. (intransitive) To attend.
- v. To proceed.
- v. To follow or travel along (a path).
- v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
- v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
- v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
- v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
- v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- v. To pass, to be used up.
- v. (intransitive) To die.
- v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
- v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
- v. To break down or apart.
- v. (intransitive) To be sold.
- v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
- v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
- v. To say (something), to make a sound.
- v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
- v. To apply or subject oneself to.
- v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
- v. (intransitive) To date.
- v. To attack.
- v. To be in general; to be usually.
- v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
- n. (uncommon) The act of going.
- n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- n. An attempt, a try.
- n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- n. An act; the working or operation.
- n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
- n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
- n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
- n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
- n. A period of activity.
- n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
- n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…
hold- adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
- v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- v. (transitive) To contain or store.
- v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
- v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
- v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
- v. To take place, to occur.
- v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
- n. A grasp or grip.
- n. A place where animals are held for safety.
- n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- n. Something reserved or kept.
- n. Power over someone or something.
- n. The ability to persist.
- n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
- n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
- n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
- n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).
junction- n. The act of joining, or the state of being joined.
- n. A place where two things meet, especially where two roads meet.
- n. The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors,…
- n. (nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
- n. (radio, television) A point in time between two unrelated consecutive broadcasts.
- n. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A kind of symbolic link to a directory.
lap- n. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- n. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- n. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person…
- n. (figuratively) a place of rearing and fostering.
- n. The upper legs of a seated person.
- n. (archaic, euphemistic) The female pudenda.
- n. (construction) A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component.
- v. (transitive) To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
- v. (transitive) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
- v. (transitive) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
- v. (transitive) to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up.
- v. (transitive) to envelop, enfold.
- v. (intransitive) to wind around.
- v. (transitive) To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
- v. (transitive) To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
- v. (intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.
- v. (transitive) To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler.
- v. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
- n. The act or process of lapping.
- n. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another.
- n. The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent…
- n. The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance…
- n. (sports) One circuit around a race track, or one traversal down and then back the length of a pool.
- n. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;…
- n. A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
- n. A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion…
- v. (intransitive, of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
locomote- v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).
locomotion- n. The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- n. (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running,…
lot- n. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- n. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
- n. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- n. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- n. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- n. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
- n. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without…
- n. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
- n. A prize in a lottery.
- n. Allotment; lottery.
- n. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- n. An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32…
- v. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
- v. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
oval- n. A shape rather like an egg or an ellipse.
- n. A sporting arena etc. of this shape.
- n. (mathematics) In a projective plane, a set of points, no three collinear, such that there is a unique…
- adj. Having the shape of an oval.
- adj. Of or pertaining to an ovum.
ring- n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
- n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
- n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
- n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a…
- n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
- n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
- n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
- n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
- n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
- n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level,…
- n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
- v. (transitive) To surround or enclose.
- v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
- v. (transitive) To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
- v. (transitive) To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
- v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
- n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
- n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
- n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
- n. (colloquial) A telephone call.
- n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
- n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
- v. (intransitive) Of a bell, to produce sound.
- v. (transitive) To make (a bell) produce sound.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
- v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
- v. (transitive, colloquial, Britain, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
- v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
- v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
- v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
- n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation…
- n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative…
roach- n. Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including.
- n. (US) A cockroach.
- n. (nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
- n. A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.
- n. (US, slang, smoking) Marijuana; cannabis used as a drug.
- n. (US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- n. (Britain, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
- n. (Britain, obsolete, mining) A bed or stratum of some mineral.
- n. (Britain, regional) Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.
roofy- adj. (archaic) Having roofs.
rope- n. (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted…
- n. (countable) An individual length of such material.
- n. A cohesive strand of something.
- n. (dated) A continuous stream.
- n. (baseball) A hard line drive.
- n. (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- n. (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf…
- n. (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million…
- n. (jewelry) A necklace of at least 1 meter in length.
- n. (nautical) Cordage of at least 1 inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- n. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 20 feet.
- n. (slang) Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol.
- n. (slang, vulgar) A shot of semen that a man releases during ejaculation.
- n. (in the plural) The small intestines.
- v. (transitive) To tie (something) with something.
- v. (transitive) To throw a rope around (something).
- v. (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
rotary- adj. Having or being capable of having rotation.
- n. (New England) A traffic circle.
- n. Usually with a capital initial, short for Rotary movement, an international club for community service.
round- adj. (physical) Shape.
- adj. Complete, whole, not lacking.
- adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
- adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
- adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
- adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
- adj. Large in magnitude.
- n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
- n. A circular or repetitious route.
- n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
- n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
- n. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
- n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
- n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
- n. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
- n. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical…
- n. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing…
- n. (sports) A stage in a competition.
- n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
- n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for…
- n. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary,…
- n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
- n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
- n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
- n. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance;…
- n. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated…
- n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
- n. A circular dance.
- n. Rotation, as in office; succession.
- n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
- n. An assembly; a group; a circle.
- n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
- n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
- n. (nautical) A round-top.
- n. A round of beef.
- prep. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.
- adv. Alternative form of around.
- v. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
- v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
- v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
- v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
- v. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
- v. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
- v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
- v. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
- v. To encircle; to encompass.
- v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
- v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak…
- v. (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter…
- n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
- n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.
roundabout- adj. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
- adj. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
- n. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada and Australia) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly…
- n. (chiefly Britain) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis…
- n. A fairground carousel.
- n. A detour.
- n. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
seating- n. (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.
- n. (countable) A period of time in which a restaurant will seat guests.
- n. Material for making seats.
- n. A housing in which a component is seated.
- v. present participle of seat.
seats- n. plural of seat.
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seat.
set- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
shape- n. The status or condition of something.
- n. Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
- n. The appearance of something, especially its outline.
- n. Form; formation.
- n. (iron manufacture) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section…
- n. (iron manufacture) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely…
- n. (cooking, now rare) A mould for making jelly, blancmange etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded…
- n. (programming) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a…
- v. (Northern England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
- v. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
- v. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
- v. (of a country, person, etc) To give influence to.
- v. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
- v. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.
surround- v. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- v. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
- n. (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
travel- v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
- v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
- v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- v. (transitive) To force to journey.
- v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
- n. The act of traveling.
- n. pl A series of journeys.
- n. pl An account of one's travels.
- n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.
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