'Circulate' definitions:
Definition of 'circulate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" [syn: go around, spread, circulate]
verb
Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
verb
Cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" [syn: circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute]
verb
Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
verb
Move in circles [syn: circle, circulate]
verb
Cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"
verb
Move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"
verb
Definition of 'Circulate'
From: GCIDE
- Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit. [1913 Webster]
- Circulating pump. See under Pump.
- Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Circulate'
From: GCIDE
- Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Circulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i., to gather into a circle. See Circle.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates. [1913 Webster]
- Circulating decimal. See Decimal.
- Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
- Circulating medium. See Medium. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'circulate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advertise,
- air,
- announce,
- become public,
- break,
- bring out,
- broadcast,
- bruit about,
- buzz about,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circuiteer,
- circumambulate,
- circummigrate,
- circumnavigate,
- circumrotate,
- circumvent,
- circumvolute,
- close the circle,
- come across with,
- come forth,
- come full circle,
- come out,
- compass,
- course,
- crank,
- cycle,
- deliver,
- deliver over,
- demonetize,
- describe a circle,
- devaluate,
- devalue,
- disseminate,
- distribute,
- divulge,
- encircle,
- encompass,
- find vent,
- flank,
- flow,
- fly about,
- fork over,
- forward,
- get about,
- get abroad,
- get afloat,
- get around,
- get exposure,
- girdle,
- girdle the globe,
- give in,
- give out,
- give over,
- go about,
- go around,
- go forth,
- go round,
- go the round,
- go the rounds,
- gyrate,
- gyre,
- hand,
- hand in,
- hand out,
- hand over,
- have currency,
- issue,
- lap,
- make a circuit,
- make known,
- noise abroad,
- orbit,
- pass,
- pass out,
- pass over,
- pirouette,
- pivot,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- publicize,
- publish,
- put about,
- put out,
- reach,
- reissue,
- remonetize,
- render,
- report,
- resign,
- revalue,
- reveal,
- revolve,
- rotate,
- round,
- run,
- screw,
- see the light,
- skirt,
- spin,
- spiral,
- spread,
- spread about,
- spread like wildfire,
- surrender,
- surround,
- swing,
- swivel,
- transfer,
- turn,
- turn a pirouette,
- turn around,
- turn over,
- turn round,
- twist,
- utter,
- wamble,
- wheel,
- wind
Words containing 'Circulate'
- Circulable,
- Circulated,
- Circulating,
- Circulation,
- Circulative,
- Circulator,
- Circulating decimal,
- Circulating library,
- Circulating medium,
- Circulating pump,
- Collateral circulation,
- Derivative circulation,
- circulating capital,
- fetal circulation,
- foetal circulation,
- pulmonary circulation,
- systemic circulation,
- vitelline circulation