HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of CIRCLE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | circle | Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length |
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| 2 | circle, set, band, lot | An unofficial association of people or groups | |
| 3 | circle | Something approximating the shape of a circle | |
| 4 | circle, lap, circuit | Movement once around a course | |
| 5 | circle, traffic circle, rotary, roundabout | A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island | |
| 6 | circle, R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug | Street names for flunitrazepan | |
| 7 | circle, dress circle | A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house | |
| 8 | circle, round | Any circular or rotating mechanism | |
| VERB | 1 | circle | Travel around something |
| 2 | circle, circulate | Move in circles | |
| 3 | circle, surround, environ, encircle, round, ring | Be around | |
| 4 | circle, encircle | Form a circle around |
| Sounds | ser'kahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Examples | "he calculated the circumference of the circle" |
| Parts | arc |
| Broader | ellipse, oval |
| Narrower | circle of curvature, osculating circle; circlet; equator; epicycle |
| Adjectives | circular |
| Meaning | An unofficial association of people or groups. |
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| Synonyms | set, band, lot |
| Broader | social group |
| Narrower | car pool; clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp; cohort; conspiracy, confederacy; Four Hundred; horsy set, horsey set; jet set; party, company |
| Meaning | Something approximating the shape of a circle. |
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| Examples | "the chairs were arranged in a circle" |
| Broader | shape, form |
| Adjectives | circular; circular |
| Verbs | circle; circle |
| Meaning | Movement once around a course. |
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| Synonyms | lap, circuit |
| Broader | locomotion, travel |
| Narrower | pace lap; victory lap, lap of honour |
| Adjectives | circular; circular |
| Verbs | circle, circulate; circle |
| Meaning | A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. |
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| Synonyms | traffic circle, rotary, roundabout |
| Part of | road, route |
| Broader | junction |
| Meaning | Street names for flunitrazepan. |
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| Synonyms | R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug |
| Broader | flunitrazepan, Rohypnol |
| Meaning | A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house. Usually the first tier above the orchestra. |
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| Examples | "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" |
| Synonyms | dress circle |
| Part of | theater, theatre, house |
| Broader | seating, seats, seating room, seating area |
| Meaning | Any circular or rotating mechanism. |
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| Examples | "the machine punched out metal circles" |
| Synonyms | round |
| Broader | rotating mechanism |
| Narrower | disk, disc |
| Adjectives | circular; circular |
| Verbs | circulate |
| Meaning | Travel around something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "circle the globe" |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Narrower | circumambulate, walk around; circumnavigate, compass; revolve around, circle around, circle round |
| Nouns | circle |
| Meaning | Move in circles. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | circulate |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Narrower | orb, orbit, revolve; troll; loop; loop |
| Nouns | circle |
| Meaning | Be around. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The river encircles the village" |
| Synonyms | surround, environ, encircle, round, ring |
| Broader | hold, bear, carry, contain |
| Narrower | twine; wreath, wreathe; girth, girt, begird, gird; cloister |
| Nouns | circle |
| Meaning | Form a circle around. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "encircle the errors" |
| Synonyms | encircle |
| Broader | shape, form |
| Nouns | circle |
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