circumnavigate

1. (transitive) To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.Examples: "We circumnavigated the Mediterranean."; "On horses they circumnavigated the fields, comparing the progress of the harvest on the two halves."Synonyms: compass, environ, go around, sail aroundtransitive

2. (transitive) To circumvent or bypass.Examples: "Rebel of the tournament: Saudi Arabia’s Malek Al Hawsawi, who circumnavigated Fifa’s ban on jewellery by keeping his ring in his mouth."Synonyms: go aroundtransitive

3. (intransitive, sailing) To sail around the world.Examples: "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."; "Jack and Lura Francis, both fairly tall, circumnavigated on a Westsail 32."; "Chay Blyth was the first when he circumnavigated in British Steel in 292 days in 1970 in a voyage that some predicted would end in certain death."intransitive