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To c_____ around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them.To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them.
Emily kept circling around her mother.
The silent wolves would track and circle them.
word circle
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noun
A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
The flag was red, with a large white circle in the centre.
I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.
A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it.
Cut out 4 circles of pastry.
...a circle of yellow light.
A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle.
The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.
We stood in a circle holding hands.
You can refer to a group of people as a circle when they meet each other regularly because they are friends or because they belong to the same profession or share the same interests.
He has a small circle of friends.
Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.
In a theatre or cinema, the circle is an area of seats on the upper floor .
verb
If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it.
This is the ring road that circles the city.
...the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn.
If an aircraft or a bird circles or circles something, it moves round in a circle in the air.
The plane circled, awaiting permission to land.
There were two helicopters circling around.
...like a hawk circling prey.
To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them.
Emily kept circling around her mother.
The silent wolves would track and circle them.
If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it.
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