| circular | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway | an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" |
| ~ ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing | a public promotion of some product or service. |
| ~ stuffer | an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail. |
| adj. | 2. circular, round | having a circular shape. |
| ~ apple-shaped | having the general shape of an apple. |
| ~ ball-shaped, globose, globular, spheric, global, orbicular, spherical | having the shape of a sphere or ball.; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests" |
| ~ barrel-shaped | having the general shape of a barrel. |
| ~ bulb-shaped, bulblike, bulbous | shaped like a bulb. |
| ~ capitate | being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip. |
| ~ coccoid | spherical; like a coccus.; "a coccoid microorganism" |
| ~ cumuliform | shaped like a cumulus cloud. |
| ~ disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike | having a flat circular shape. |
| ~ goblet-shaped | resembling the shape of a goblet. |
| ~ moon-round, moonlike | resembling the moon in shape. |
| ~ nutlike | resembling a nut in shape and size. |
| ~ pancake-like | resembling a pancake in shape. |
| ~ pear-shaped | having a round shape tapered at one end. |
| ~ pinwheel-shaped | having the round shape of a pinwheel. |
| ~ ringlike | having the shape of a ring. |
| ~ roundish | somewhat round in appearance or form. |
| ~ wheel-like | round like a wheel. |
| ~ rounded | curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged.; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
| adj. | 3. circular, orbitual, rotary | describing a circle; moving in a circle.; "the circular motion of the wheel" |
| ~ cyclical, cyclic | recurring in cycles. |
| round | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. one shot, round, unit of ammunition | a charge of ammunition for a single shot. |
| ~ ammo, ammunition | projectiles to be fired from a gun. |
| n. (time) | 2. cycle, rhythm, round | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs.; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons" |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ phase angle, phase | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. |
| n. (location) | 3. beat, round | a regular route for a sentry or policeman.; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| n. (act) | 4. round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order).; "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars" |
| ~ call | a visit in an official or professional capacity.; "the pastor's calls on his parishioners"; "the salesman's call on a customer" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| n. (act) | 5. round, round of golf | the activity of playing 18 holes of golf.; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours" |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| n. (act) | 6. daily round, round | the usual activities in your day.; "the doctor made his rounds" |
| ~ habitude | habitual mode of behavior. |
| n. (time) | 7. bout, round, turn | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ top of the inning, top | the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat.; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth" |
| ~ bottom of the inning, bottom | the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat. |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| n. (object) | 8. round | the course along which communications spread.; "the story is going the rounds in Washington" |
| ~ track, path, course | a line or route along which something travels or moves.; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river" |
| n. (food) | 9. round, round of drinks | a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic).; "he ordered a second round" |
| ~ helping, serving, portion | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" |
| n. (food) | 10. round | a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg. |
| ~ cut of beef | cut of meat from beef cattle. |
| ~ round steak | a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank. |
| n. (communication) | 11. round, troll | a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time.; "they enjoyed singing rounds" |
| ~ partsong | a song with two or more voice parts. |
| n. (communication) | 12. round | an outburst of applause.; "there was a round of applause" |
| ~ applause, clapping, hand clapping | a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. round, rung, stave | a crosspiece between the legs of a chair. |
| ~ crosspiece | a transverse brace. |
| ~ folding chair | a chair that can be folded flat for storage. |
| ~ feeding chair, highchair | a chair for feeding a very young child; has four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray. |
| ~ rocking chair, rocker | a chair mounted on rockers. |
| ~ side chair, straight chair | a straight-backed chair without arms. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. circle, round | any circular or rotating mechanism.; "the machine punched out metal circles" |
| ~ disk, disc | a flat circular plate. |
| ~ rotating mechanism | a mechanism that rotates. |
| v. (motion) | 15. round | wind around; move along a circular course.; "round the bend" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "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" |
| v. (change) | 16. round, round off, round out | make round.; "round the edges" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| ~ purse | contract one's lips into a rounded shape. |
| v. (communication) | 17. labialise, labialize, round | pronounce with rounded lips. |
| ~ enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| v. (communication) | 18. assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe | attack in speech or writing.; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| ~ blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout | use foul or abusive language towards.; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" |
| ~ claw | attack as if with claws.; "The politician clawed his rival" |
| ~ vitriol | subject to bitter verbal abuse. |
| ~ rip | criticize or abuse strongly and violently.; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" |
| ~ whang | attack forcefully.; "whang away at the school reform plan" |
| ~ barrage, bombard | address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage.; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" |
| ~ scald, blister, whip | subject to harsh criticism.; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" |
| ~ rubbish | attack strongly. |
| v. (change) | 19. brush up, polish, polish up, round, round off | bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state.; "polish your social manners" |
| ~ perfect, hone | make perfect or complete.; "perfect your French in Paris!" |
| v. (change) | 20. round, round down, round off, round out | express as a round number.; "round off the amount" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (body) | 21. fill out, flesh out, round | become round, plump, or shapely.; "The young woman is fleshing out" |
| ~ gain, put on | increase (one's body weight).; "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" |
| adj. | 22. orotund, pear-shaped, rotund, round | (of sounds) full and rich.; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" |
| ~ full | (of sound) having marked deepness and body.; "full tones"; "a full voice" |
| adj. | 23. round | (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand.; "in round numbers" |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ inexact | not exact. |
| adv. | 24. around, round | from beginning to end; throughout.; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" |
| sphere | | |
| n. (state) | 1. area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere | a particular environment or walk of life.; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit" |
| ~ environment | the totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
| ~ distaff | the sphere of work by women. |
| ~ front | a sphere of activity involving effort.; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" |
| ~ kingdom, realm, land | a domain in which something is dominant.; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" |
| ~ lap | an area of control or responsibility.; "the job fell right in my lap" |
| ~ political arena, political sphere | a sphere of intense political activity. |
| ~ preserve | a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone.; "medicine is no longer a male preserve" |
| ~ province, responsibility | the proper sphere or extent of your activities.; "it was his province to take care of himself" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. sphere | any spherically shaped artifact. |
| ~ artefact, artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole. |
| ~ globe | a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented. |
| n. (location) | 3. sphere, sphere of influence | the geographical area in which one nation is very influential. |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. sector, sphere | a particular aspect of life or activity.; "he was helpless in an important sector of his life" |
| ~ aspect, facet | a distinct feature or element in a problem.; "he studied every facet of the question" |
| ~ department | a specialized sphere of knowledge.; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature" |
| n. (shape) | 5. sphere | a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses). |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| ~ conglobation, conglomeration | a rounded spherical form. |
| ~ globe, orb, ball | an object with a spherical shape.; "a ball of fire" |
| ~ drop, bead, pearl | a shape that is spherical and small.; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" |
| n. (shape) | 6. sphere | a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center. |
| ~ steradian, sr | the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| n. (location) | 7. celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin | the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. |
| ~ apex of the sun's way, solar apex, apex | the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars. |
| ~ celestial point | a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere). |
| ~ nadir | the point below the observer that is directly opposite the zenith on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected. |
| ~ surface | the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" |
| ~ zenith | the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected. |
| ~ zodiac | a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes. |
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