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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

boat, bypass, canoe, carry sail, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumvent, close the circle, coast, come full circle, compass, cross, cruise, cycle, describe a circle, detour, encircle, encompass, flank, girdle, girdle the globe, go about, go around, go by ship, go on shipboard, go round, go the round, go to sea, gyre, lap, make a circuit, make a passage, motorboat, navigate, orbit, ply, revolve, round, row, run, sail, sail round, sail the sea, scull, seafare, skirt, spiral, steam, steamboat, surround, take a voyage, traverse, voyage, wheel, yacht

Dictionary Results for circumnavigate:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

circumnavigate
    v 1: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the
         earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Circumnavigate \Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Circumnavigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating.] [L.
   circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round;
   circum + navigare to navigate.]
   To sail completely round.
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         Having circumnavigated the whole earth.  --T. Fuller.
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