Dictionary Entry
circulate
circulate is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.
- 2intransitive verb
To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.
- 3transitive verb
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.
- 4verb
cause to move around
"circulate a rumor"
- 5verb
cause to become widely known
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
- 6verb
become widely known and passed on
"the rumor spread"
"the story went around in the office"
Synonyms
- 7verb
move around freely
"She circulates among royalty"
- 8verb
move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
"Blood circulates in my veins"
"The air here does not circulate"
- 9verb
cause to move in a circuit or system
"The fan circulates the air in the room"
- 10verb
cause be distributed
"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
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- 11verb
move in circles
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