Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surrounding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a.
Inclosing; encircling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, n.
1. An encompassing.
2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or
attending circumstances or conditions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall
surrounds the city.
But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds
me. --Milton.
3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to
surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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.
Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence
about.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surrounding
adj : closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: {encompassing(a)}, {surrounding(a)}]
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