SURROUNDS

Noun

surrounds pl (plural only)

Things bordering, adjacent to, or near something else; surroundings.

Synonyms

• environs

• hinterland

Verb

surrounds

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surround

Source: Wiktionary

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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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