SURROUNDING

surrounding, encompassing(a), circumferent

(adjective) closely encircling; “encompassing mountain ranges”; “the surrounding countryside”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

surrounding

present participle of surround

Noun

surrounding (plural surroundings)

An outlying area; area in proximity to something

An environment

Synonyms

• periphery

Adjective

surrounding (not comparable)

which surrounds something

Source: Wiktionary

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Sur*round"ing, a.

Definition: Inclosing; encircling.

Sur*round"ing, n.

1. An encompassing.

2. pl.

Definition: The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

SURROUND

Sur*round", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrounding.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Sur*round", n.

Definition: A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.] Baird.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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