circulate

Verb
  1. Become widely known and passed on (synset 200971905)
    "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    same as: go around, spread
    verb group: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread - cause to become widely known
  2. Cause to become widely known (synset 200970243)
    "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
    causes: circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on
    is a type of: air, bare, publicise, publicize - make public
    subtypes:
    • podcast - distribute (multimedia files) over the internet for playback on a mobile device or a personal computer
    • sow - introduce into an environment
    • generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize - cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
    • carry, run - include as the content; broadcast or publicize
    same as: broadcast, circularise, circularize, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
    verb group: circulate, go around, spread - become widely known and passed on
  3. Cause to be distributed (synset 202047080)
    "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes:
    same as: distribute, pass around, pass on
  4. Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point (synset 202046294)
    "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
    is a type of: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids
    subtypes: ventilate - circulate through and freshen
  5. Cause to move in a circuit or system (synset 202046733)
    "The fan circulates the air in the room"
    causes: circulate - move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes: convect - circulate hot air by convection
  6. Move around freely from person to person or from place to place (synset 202046082)
    "She circulates among royalty"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes: drift - move in an unhurried fashion

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