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/sərˈaʊnd/ Listen

verb

Surround v. t. (past & past part. surrounded; pres. part. surrounding)

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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."

To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. (Obs.)

(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.

Synonyms: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about.

noun

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. (U.S.)

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Etymology of 'Surround'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Surround" Quotes from Famous Books

... no one speaks; at least in hostile tone, or to take up the challenge. Instead, half a score surround the "sport," and not only express their admiration of his pluck, but challenge him to an encounter of drinks, ...

— The Flag of Distress - A Story of the South Sea • Mayne Reid

... Give me a little leave then ere my greife Surround my reason. Witnes, gratious heaven, Who, were you not offended at some sinn I have unwittingly comitted, would Send sacred innocence it selfe to pleade How much 'tis iniurd in me, that with zeale ...

— A Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. II • Various

... its extremity. Deep and heavy explosions are heard from time to time, when the enormous jet, possessed with more furious violence, shakes its plumy crest, and springs with a bound till it reaches the lowest stratum of the clouds. It stands alone. No steam vents, no hot springs surround it, and all the volcanic power of the region is concentrated here. Sparks of electric fire mingle with the dazzling sheaf of lighted fluid, every drop of which refracts ...

— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne

... procured a horse at Elbing. Between that town and the Mottlau he had halted to form his army into something like order, to get together a staff with which to surround himself. ...

— Barlasch of the Guard • H. S. Merriman

... extraordinary echo in all deserts, arising probably from the closeness and solidity of a sandy soil, which does not absorb the sound. They now arrived at Gabrone. The Arabs watch for a sight of the high date trees, which surround this town, as sailors look for land, and after discovering these land marks, they shape ...

— Lander's Travels - The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa • Robert Huish

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