Word

circle, v.
(circled, circles, circling)
freq. cnt. 10

travel around something
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

circle

sample sentences

"circle the globe"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

walk around, circumambulate circumnavigate, compass revolve around, circle around, circle round

move in a circular path above (someone or something)
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

circle

sample sentences

"the plane circled, looking for a landing spot"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

orbit, revolve, orb troll loop loop

form or draw a circle around
<verb.contact>

circle encircle

sample sentences

"encircle the errors"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym