Encircle
verb
To form a circle around; to surround.
The enemy troops encircled the city.
verb
To occur around; to have, encompass or keep within.
Her arms encircled the child protectively.
verb
To mark the boundary or surrounding area of something.
He encircled the important part of the text with a red pen.
verb
To form a circle around; to surround.
The enemy troops encircled the city.
verb
To occur around; to have, encompass or keep within.
Her arms encircled the child protectively.
verb
To mark the boundary or surrounding area of something.
He encircled the important part of the text with a red pen.
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Circle
Encircle can literally mean creating a circular shape around something.
The children encircled the campfire, eager to start roasting marshmallows.
Pro Tip 2/3Hostile Action
Often used in military or competitive contexts to describe a strategy to trap or isolate.
The pack of wolves encircled the intruder, cutting off any escape route.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can be used metaphorically to indicate a situation where someone is overwhelmed or trapped.
Gossip about the scandal encircled the politician, leaving him with little privacy.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Circle
Encircle can literally mean creating a circular shape around something.
The children encircled the campfire, eager to start roasting marshmallows.
Pro Tip 2/3Hostile Action
Often used in military or competitive contexts to describe a strategy to trap or isolate.
The pack of wolves encircled the intruder, cutting off any escape route.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can be used metaphorically to indicate a situation where someone is overwhelmed or trapped.
Gossip about the scandal encircled the politician, leaving him with little privacy.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Circle
Encircle can literally mean creating a circular shape around something.
The children encircled the campfire, eager to start roasting marshmallows.
Pro Tip 2/3Hostile Action
Often used in military or competitive contexts to describe a strategy to trap or isolate.
The pack of wolves encircled the intruder, cutting off any escape route.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can be used metaphorically to indicate a situation where someone is overwhelmed or trapped.
Gossip about the scandal encircled the politician, leaving him with little privacy.
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Reinventing the...
maybe get inside track that was fun nowadays there are hundreds of links to choose room I can go literally anywhere in the world I think since I was already in Ecuador I just decided to click on the word tropical that took me to this you know wet and warm band of the tropics that encircles the earth now that's the Tropic of Cancer on the north
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The politics of fiction...
Then one by one, she would encircle these thorns with dark ink. A week later, the patient would come back for a follow-up examination. Now, I'm aware that I should not be saying such things in front of an audience of scholars and scientists, but the truth is, of all the people
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Nalini Nadkarni: Life...
in a direction of hope. We know that trees are static entities when we look at their trunks. But if trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then perhaps there are other static entities
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The myth of Thor's...
which weakens everyone eventually. As for the other challenges, they had also been illusions. The drinking horn was filled with the ocean, and Thor had drained enough to cause the tides. The cat was the serpent that encircles the world,
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The Art of Stillness PIPE...
really mysterious gravitational pull on me. Even as a child I would just look at a painting of Kyoto and feel I recognized it; I knew it before I ever laid eyes on it. But it's also, as you all know, a beautiful city encircled by hills,
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Killer Whales vs. Gray...
of the few places in the world we have an opportunity to see something like this as the attack began nancy recognized the members of a transient pod joined by other transient groups they encircled the gray whales blocking their escape
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Whale Migration Marathon...
of the few places in the world we have an opportunity to see something like this as the attack began Nancy recognized the members of a transient pod joined by other transient groups they encircle the gray whales blocking their escape
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What forgiveness can...
village before he can leave the country so what can I do but agree and then there I am standing there encircled by his entire family in the empty space where the house will be built and there's a matriarch reciting what are
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Saturn 101 PIPE National...
Each of the six sides is believed to be the result of jet streams, which all encircle a massive hurricane. Because of Saturn's inhospitable environment, the planet cannot support life - but some of its moons might.
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The Cutest Elephant...
the adults encircle their yard it's an impenetrable wall of gray
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Reinventing the...
maybe get inside track that was fun nowadays there are hundreds of links to choose room I can go literally anywhere in the world I think since I was already in Ecuador I just decided to click on the word tropical that took me to this you know wet and warm band of the tropics that encircles the earth now that's the Tropic of Cancer on the north
Video examples
The politics of fiction...
Then one by one, she would encircle these thorns with dark ink. A week later, the patient would come back for a follow-up examination. Now, I'm aware that I should not be saying such things in front of an audience of scholars and scientists, but the truth is, of all the people
Video examples
Nalini Nadkarni: Life...
in a direction of hope. We know that trees are static entities when we look at their trunks. But if trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then perhaps there are other static entities
Video examples
The myth of Thor's...
which weakens everyone eventually. As for the other challenges, they had also been illusions. The drinking horn was filled with the ocean, and Thor had drained enough to cause the tides. The cat was the serpent that encircles the world,
Video examples
The Art of Stillness PIPE...
really mysterious gravitational pull on me. Even as a child I would just look at a painting of Kyoto and feel I recognized it; I knew it before I ever laid eyes on it. But it's also, as you all know, a beautiful city encircled by hills,
Video examples
Killer Whales vs. Gray...
of the few places in the world we have an opportunity to see something like this as the attack began nancy recognized the members of a transient pod joined by other transient groups they encircled the gray whales blocking their escape
Video examples
Whale Migration Marathon...
of the few places in the world we have an opportunity to see something like this as the attack began Nancy recognized the members of a transient pod joined by other transient groups they encircle the gray whales blocking their escape
Video examples
What forgiveness can...
village before he can leave the country so what can I do but agree and then there I am standing there encircled by his entire family in the empty space where the house will be built and there's a matriarch reciting what are
Video examples
Saturn 101 PIPE National...
Each of the six sides is believed to be the result of jet streams, which all encircle a massive hurricane. Because of Saturn's inhospitable environment, the planet cannot support life - but some of its moons might.
Video examples
The Cutest Elephant...
the adults encircle their yard it's an impenetrable wall of gray
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Nalini Nadkarni
American Scientist
If trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then perhaps there are other static entities that we hold inside ourselves, like grief, like addictions, like racism, that can also change.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
The light from the sun breaks through space, bathing our planet as it encircles the sun with life-giving warmth and light. Without the sun, there could be no life on this planet; it would be forever barren, cold, and dark.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.
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Dennis Kucinich
American Politician
I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
At the end of the Roman Empire, in the Byzantine period, the empire shrinks and shrinks until it consists of one city, Constantinople, and the Ottoman Turks can encircle it.
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Ayrton Senna
Brazilian Celebrity
Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.
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Shirley Temple
American Actress
I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
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Nalini Nadkarni
American Scientist
If trees can create art, if they can encircle the globe seven times in one year, if prisoners can grow plants and raise frogs, then perhaps there are other static entities that we hold inside ourselves, like grief, like addictions, like racism, that can also change.
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
The light from the sun breaks through space, bathing our planet as it encircles the sun with life-giving warmth and light. Without the sun, there could be no life on this planet; it would be forever barren, cold, and dark.
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Diane Ackerman
American Poet
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens, install picture windows, adopt pets and Boston ferns, and scent everything that touches our lives.
Quote examples
Dennis Kucinich
American Politician
I am running for President of the United States to enable the Goddess of Peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world.
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Norman Davies
British Historian
At the end of the Roman Empire, in the Byzantine period, the empire shrinks and shrinks until it consists of one city, Constantinople, and the Ottoman Turks can encircle it.
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Ayrton Senna
Brazilian Celebrity
Wealthy men can't live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.
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Shirley Temple
American Actress
I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.
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Huey Newton
American Activist
The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I am in the world feeling my way to light 'amid the encircling gloom.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
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