巡らす

めぐらす

Also written 廻らす, 回らす

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
2. to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to spin
3. to think over; to consider; to ponder; to work out; to devise; to plan
4. to notify (orally or in writing); to circulate (a notice)

Kanji

• 巡 go around. Read as めぐる.

Example sentences

• 彼は家の周りに塀をめぐらした。
  He built a fence around his house.
• 彼は自分の将来に思いをめぐらしていた。
  He was meditating on his future life.
• 彼は心の中でその事件に思いをめぐらした。
  He turned over the matter in his mind.

Common phrases

• 思いを巡らす (おもいをめぐらす) to contemplate
• 考えを巡らす (かんがえをめぐらす) to contemplate

Related forms

• 巡る (めぐる) to go around (intransitive partner)

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