Circle | Mean of circle in English Dictionary

/ˈsɚkəl/

• Noun
• a perfectly round shape
1. She drew a circle around the correct answer.
• a path that goes around a central point
1. She walked (around) in a circle.
2. We've been walking/driving in circles [=along the same path or course] for hours!
3. We've been trying to decide how to improve the system, but we just keep going around in circles. [=we are not making any progress toward making a decision]
4. I feel like I have been running around in circles with this project.
5. The company has come up with some new products that will run circles around the competition. [=that will be much better than the competition; that will easily beat the competition]
6. Those little kids can ski circles around me. [=can ski much better than I can]
• an arrangement of people or things that forms a circle
1. She arranged the stones in a circle. = She made a circle out of/with the stones.
2. a circle of stones
3. We formed a circle around the campfire.

• something that is shaped like part of a circle
1. He looked old and tired, with dark circles under his eyes.
• a group of people who do something together, are friends, belong to the same profession, etc.
1. a sewing circle
2. She has a large/wide circle of friends.
3. the family circle [=the people in a family]
4. She is well-known in banking/literary/professional/political circles.
• a balcony or upper level of seats in a theater
• Verb
• to form a circle around (something)
1. There are trees circling [=encircling, surrounding] our little house.
2. He circled his arms around his wife's waist.
3. His arms circled around his wife's waist.
• to draw a circle around (something)
1. She circled the correct answer.
• to move or go around (someone or something) in a circle
1. The pilot circled the airport before landing.
2. We had to circle [=go around] the block again to find the house.
3. The hawk circled overhead.
4. The halfback circled to the left.
5. I circled back [=returned] to the house to get my briefcase.