circumnavigating

Verb

circumnavigate (third-person singular simple present circumnavigates, present participle circumnavigating, simple past and past participle circumnavigated)

1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something (especially the Globe), especially by sail.
   • We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

   Synonyms:

   compass, environ

2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.
   • Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth.2006 July 9, “Magic month of memories”, in Times of London

   Synonyms:

   go around

3. (intransitive) To sail around the world.
   • Patrick Childress, who solo circumnavigated on a Catalina 27 in 1982, stresses the value of eggs, which will keep at least six weeks if previously unrefrigerated and oiled with vegetable shortening.1992, Richard Henderson, Singlehanded Sailing, →ISBN, page 225