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circumnavigate collapse: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"

areola collapse: small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite; small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing

around collapse: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"; by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"; in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around"; to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"

discus collapse: a disk used in throwing competitions; an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible

aureole collapse: the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse

go around collapse: become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"; be sufficient; "There's not enough to go around"

surround collapse: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"; be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

loge collapse: balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine

vernal equinox collapse: (astronomy) the equinoctial point that lies in the constellation of Pisces; March 21

equinox collapse: either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

circulate collapse: cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"; move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"; move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"; cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room"; cause to be distributed; "This letter is circulating among the faculty"

revolve collapse: turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

flank collapse: the side between ribs and hipbone; a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the ribs and the leg; the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank"; a subfigure consisting of a side of something; be located at the sides of something or somebody

nearby collapse: close at hand; "the nearby towns"; "concentrated his study on the nearby planet Venus"; not far away in relative terms; "she works nearby"; "the planets orbiting nearby are Venus and Mars"

nonporous collapse: not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores; "nonporous wood"

great circle collapse: a circular line on the surface of a sphere formed by intersecting it with a plane passing through the center

ecliptic collapse: the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator; "all of the planets rotate the sun in approximately the same ecliptic"

lasso collapse: a long noosed rope used to catch animals; Belgian composer (1532-1594); catch with a lasso; "rope cows"

perpendicular collapse: an extremely steep face; a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting; a straight line at right angles to another line; extremely steep; "the great perpendicular face of the cliff"; intersecting at or forming right angles; "the axes are perpendicular to each other"

disk collapse: a flat circular plate; something with a round shape like a flat circular plate

balcony collapse: a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet; an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

circumference collapse: the size of something as given by the distance around it; the length of the closed curve of a circle; the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"

peanut gallery collapse: (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance); "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery"

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