Definition of "circumgyrate" in Anglais

verb

1. (intransitive) To move around something.

2. (transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.

3. (intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.

4. (transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.

5. (intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).

6. (intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).

   • 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 […]

7. (transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.