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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall
        surrounds the city.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But could instead, and ever-during dark
              Surrounds me.                         --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to
        surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence
          about.
          [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ 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; "Developments surround the town"; "The river
            encircles the village" [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: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
          Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, hem in, circumvent]
       5: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall, palisade,
           fence, fence in]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  surround
     n.
     (lb en British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds
  something.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in
  all directions.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  surround
     n.
     (lb en British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds
  something.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in
  all directions.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  surround
     n.
     (lb en British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds
  something.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in
  all directions.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  surround
     n.
     (lb en British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds
  something.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in
  all directions.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  surround
     Englanti vb.
     ympäröidä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  surround
     Engelska vb.
     omge, omsluta, omrama, omringa, omhölja, omsvepa, omspinna omgärda

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Surround /səɹˈaʊnd/
  المحيط

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  surround //səˈɹaʊnd// 
  1. обкръжавам
  to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
  2. обсаждам
  to enclose to prevent escape