अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

An inclosed space; an area; extent.

Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.

The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument.

An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction.

A pair of compasses.

A circle; a continent.

To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.

To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

To curve; to bend into a circular form.

To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.