'Encircling' definitions:
Definition of 'encircling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn: encircling(a), skirting(a)]
Definition of 'Encircling'
From: GCIDE
- Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. [1913 Webster]
- Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.
- Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'encircling'
From: GCIDE
- encircling \encircling\ adj. surrounding. [prenominal]
- Syn: circumferential, skirting(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'encircling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambient,
- assimilating,
- circling,
- circumambient,
- circumferential,
- circumflex,
- circumfluent,
- circumfluous,
- circumjacent,
- comprising,
- containing,
- counting,
- covering,
- embracing,
- enclosing,
- encompassing,
- enfolding,
- enveloping,
- environing,
- envisaging,
- including,
- inclusive,
- incorporating,
- neighboring,
- numbering,
- peripheral,
- roundabout,
- suburban,
- surrounding,
- wrapping