Overview of verb circulate

The verb circulate has 8 senses

• go around, spread, circulate -- (become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office")


• circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around -- (cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news")


• circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute -- (cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty")


• circulate -- (move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate")


• circle, circulate -- (move in circles)


• circulate -- (cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room")


• circulate -- (move around freely; "She circulates among royalty")


• mobilize, mobilise, circulate -- (cause to move around; "circulate a rumor")

Overview of adj circulating

The adj circulating has 1 sense

• circulating -- (passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins")