| 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. |
| circulate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ disseminate, circulate, pass around, broadcast, circularise, diffuse, circularize, spread, disperse, distribute, propagate | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ 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. (communication) | 2. broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ publicize, bare, publicise, air | make public.; "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
| ~ podcast | distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer. |
| ~ sow | introduce into an environment.; "sow suspicion or beliefs" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ circulate, go around, spread | become widely known and passed on.; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" |
| ~ popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" |
| ~ carry, run | include as the content; broadcast or publicize.; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" |
| v. (motion) | 3. circulate, distribute, pass around, pass on | cause be distributed.; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ send around | forward to others.; "he is sending around an appeal for funds" |
| ~ utter | put into circulation.; "utter counterfeit currency" |
| ~ spread out, scatter, spread | strew or distribute over an area.; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" |
| v. (motion) | 4. circulate | move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" |
| ~ ventilate | circulate through and freshen.; "The gust of air ventilated the room" |
| ~ course, flow, run, feed | move along, of liquids.; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" |
| v. (motion) | 5. circle, circulate | move in circles. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ orb, orbit, revolve | move in an orbit.; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" |
| ~ troll | circulate, move around. |
| ~ loop | fly loops, perform a loop.; "the stunt pilot looped his plane" |
| ~ loop | move in loops.; "The bicycle looped around the tree" |
| v. (motion) | 6. circulate | cause to move in a circuit or system.; "The fan circulates the air in the room" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ circulate | move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" |
| ~ convect | circulate hot air by convection. |
| v. (motion) | 7. circulate | move around freely.; "She circulates among royalty" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ drift | move in an unhurried fashion.; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" |
| v. (change) | 8. circulate, mobilise, mobilize | cause to move around.; "circulate a rumor" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
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