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surrounding |
4 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: surrounding adj : closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: {encompassing(a)}, {surrounding(a)}]
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