Surrounding

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surround \Sur*round"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surrounded}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Surrounding}.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL.
     superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves,
     overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the
     influence of E. round. See {Super-}, and {Undulate}, and cf.
     {Abound}.]


     1. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
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     2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall
        surrounds the city.
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              But could instead, and ever-during dark
              Surrounds me.                         --Milton.
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     3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to
        surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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     4. (Mil.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile
        forces, so as to cut off means of communication or
        retreat; to invest, as a city.
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     Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence
          about.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a.
     Inclosing; encircling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, n.
     1. An encompassing.
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     2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or
        attending circumstances or conditions.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surrounding
       adj : closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
             surrounding countryside" [syn: {encompassing(a)}, {surrounding(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "surrounding":
     abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling,
     circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent,
     circumfluous, circumjacent, claustral, confining, contextual,
     embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding,
     enveloping, environing, environmental, limiting, local, nearby,
     neighboring, parietal, peripheral, roundabout, suburban,
     wrapping