verb
Meaning 1
To move around something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orbit
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
circumgyrate
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌsə.kəmˈdʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/
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US: /ˌsɝ.kəmˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹeɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: revolve, rotate, spin
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rotate, spin
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To make circuits (around an area or space).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 1850, Oliver Tiffany, Canada Patent No. 298,“Certain improvement in the apparatus for warming houses,” Patents of Canada, from 1849 to 1855, Volume 2, Toronto, 1865, [...] it circumgyrates round the stove, and exposes its large surfaces to the air warming space [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To form into a bent or curved shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contort, twine, twist, wreathe
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin circumgȳrō; equivalent to circum- + gyrate.