Definitions for circulate
Overview of verb circulate
The verb circulate has 8 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (2) go around, spread, circulate
(become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office")
2. (2) 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")
3. (1) circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
(cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty")
4. (1) circulate
(move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate")
5. circle, circulate
(move in circles)
6. circulate
(cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room")
7. circulate
(move around freely; "She circulates among royalty")
8. mobilize, mobilise, circulate
(cause to move around; "circulate a rumor")
