'Circling' definitions:
Definition of 'Circling'
From: GCIDE
- Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circled; p. pr. & vb. n. Circling.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to make round. See Circle, n., and cf. Circulate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To move around; to revolve around. [1913 Webster]
- Other planets circle other suns. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle. --Prior. Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Their heads are circled with a short turban. --Dampier. [1913 Webster]
- So he lies, circled with evil. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'circling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternate,
- ambient,
- beating,
- cincture,
- circuition,
- circuitousness,
- circuitry,
- circularity,
- circulation,
- circumambience,
- circumambiency,
- circumambient,
- circumambulation,
- circumcincture,
- circumferential,
- circumflex,
- circumflexion,
- circumfluent,
- circumfluous,
- circumjacence,
- circumjacent,
- circumlocution,
- circummigration,
- circumnavigation,
- circumposition,
- containment,
- cyclic,
- deviance,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- deviousness,
- digression,
- embracement,
- embracing,
- encincture,
- encirclement,
- encircling,
- enclosing,
- enclosure,
- encompassing,
- encompassment,
- enfolding,
- enfoldment,
- enveloping,
- envelopment,
- environing,
- environment,
- epochal,
- even,
- every other,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- girding,
- girdling,
- gyre,
- gyring,
- inclusion,
- indirection,
- intermittent,
- involvement,
- isochronal,
- meandering,
- measured,
- metronomic,
- neighboring,
- orbit,
- orbiting,
- oscillatory,
- periodical,
- peripheral,
- pulsing,
- reciprocal,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- rhythmic,
- rotary,
- roundabout,
- roundaboutness,
- rounding,
- seasonal,
- serial,
- spiral,
- spiraling,
- steady,
- suburban,
- surrounding,
- turn,
- turning,
- undulant,
- undulatory,
- wavelike,
- wheeling,
- wrapping
Words containing 'Circling'
- Circle,
- Circled,
- To circle in,
- in circles,
- Azimuth circle,
- Circle D,
- Circle Pines,
- Circle at infinity,
- Circle of altitude,
- Circle of curvature,
- Circle of declination,
- Circle of latitude,
- Circle of the gorge,
- Circle of the sphere,
- Circle, AK,
- Circle, MT,
- Circles of longitude,
- Diurnal circle,
- Dress circle,
- Druidical circles,
- Fairy circles,
- Family circle,
- Galactic circle,
- Galvanic circle,
- Gorge circle,
- Horary circles,
- Hour circle,
- Magic circle,
- Meridian circle,
- Mural circle,
- Parquet circle,
- Pitch circle,
- Polar circles,
- Primitive circle,
- Reflecting circle,
- Refraction circle,
- Repeating circle,
- Schall Circle,
- Secondary circle,
- Social Circle,
- To square the circle,
- Transit circle,
- Vertical circle,
- Voltaic circle,
- Westview Circle,
- antarctic circle,
- arctic circle,
- back circle,
- charmed circle,
- circle around,
- circle of willis,
- circle round,
- color circle,
- dip circle,
- equinoctial circle,
- fairy circle,
- full circle,
- grand circle,
- great circle,
- inner circle,
- orchestra circle,
- osculating circle,
- parhelic circle,
- polar circle,
- traffic circle,
- vicious circle,
- winner's circle,
- Circle D, TX,
- Circle Pines, MN,
- Circle of perpetual apparition,
- Circle of perpetual occultation,
- Great circle of a sphere,
- Great circle sailing,
- Nine points circle,
- Osculating circle of a curve,
- Parallel circles of a sphere,
- Schall Circle, FL,
- Six points circle,
- Social Circle, GA,
- To swing round the circle,
- Westview Circle, WY,
- double leg circle,
- go around in circles,
- quarter-circle,
- Radical axis of two circles,
- Rolling circle of a paddle wheel,
- The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire,
- Circle D-KC Estates,
- Circle D-KC Estates, TX