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Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Surround (v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
Surround (v. t.) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
Surround (v. t.) 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.
Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
Surrounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surround
Surrounding (a.) Inclosing; encircling.
Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.
Surrounding (n.) The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.