N. circumjacence, circumambience, environment, encompassment, atmosphere, medium, surroundings, outpost, border, girdle, outskirts, boulebards, suburbs, purlieus, precincts, faubourgs, environs, entourage, banlieue, neighborhood, vicinage, vicinity

V. lie around, surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird, belt, begird, engird, skirt, twine round, hem in

Adj. circumjacent, circumambient, circumfluent, ambient, surrounding, circumferential, suburban

Adv. around, about, without, on every side, on all sides, right and left, all round, round about

N. circuition, circulation, turn, curvet, excursion, circumvention, circumnavigation, circumambulation, northwest passage, circuit, turning, wrench, evolution, coil, corkscrew

V. turn, bend, wheel, go about, put about, heel, go round to the right about, turn round to the right about, turn on one's heel, make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle, go through 180x, go through 360x, pass through 180x, pass through 360x, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent, "put a girdle round about the earth", go the round, make the round of, wind, circulate, meander, whisk, twirl, twist, make a detour

Adj. turning, circuitous, circumforaneous, circumfluent

Adv. round about