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surround |
3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Surround \Sur*round"\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: surround n : the area in which something exists or lives: "the country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn: {environment}, {environs}, {surroundings}] v 1: be around [syn: {environ}, {encircle}, {circle}, {round}, {ring}] 2: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" [syn: {skirt}, {border}] 3: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn: {smother}] 4: lay siege to [syn: {besiege}, {beleaguer}, {hem in}, {circumvent}] 5: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: {wall}, {palisade}, {fence}, {fence in}]
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