Synonyms: circle, circuit, lap
Definition: movement once around a course
Usage: he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Similar words: locomotion, travel
Definition: self-propelled movement
Definition: any circular or rotating mechanism
Usage: the machine punched out metal circles
Similar words: rotating mechanism
Definition: a mechanism that rotates
Synonyms: circle, dress circle
Definition: a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
Usage: they had excellent seats in the dress circle
Similar words: seating, seating area, seating room, seats
Definition: an area that includes places where several people can sit
Usage: there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
Synonyms: R-2, roach, circle, forget me drug, Mexican valium, roofy, rope, rophy
Definition: street names for flunitrazepan
Similar words: flunitrazepan, Rohypnol
Definition: a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia
Synonyms: traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout
Definition: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Usage: the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
Similar words: junction
Definition: the place where two or more things come together
Synonyms: circle, band, lot, set
Definition: an unofficial association of people or groups
Usage: the smart set goes there; they were an angry lot
Similar words: social group
Definition: people sharing some social relation
Synonyms: circle
Definition: 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
Usage: he calculated the circumference of the circle
Definition: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it
Usage: the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant
Synonyms: circle
Definition: something approximating the shape of a circle
Usage: the chairs were arranged in a circle
Definition: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
Usage: geometry is the mathematical science of shape
Definition: form a circle around
Usage: encircle the errors
Definition: give shape or form to
Usage: shape the dough; form the young child's character
Synonyms: circle
Definition: travel around something
Usage: circle the globe
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: move in circles
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast