'Surrounding' definitions:
Definition of 'surrounding'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]
Definition of 'Surrounding'
From: GCIDE
- Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a. Inclosing; encircling. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surrounding'
From: GCIDE
- Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, n.
- 1. An encompassing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surrounding'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'surrounding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutting,
- adjacent,
- adjoining,
- ambient,
- bordering,
- circling,
- circumambient,
- circumferential,
- circumflex,
- circumfluent,
- circumfluous,
- circumjacent,
- claustral,
- confining,
- contextual,
- embracing,
- encircling,
- enclosing,
- encompassing,
- enfolding,
- enveloping,
- environing,
- environmental,
- limiting,
- local,
- nearby,
- neighboring,
- parietal,
- peripheral,
- roundabout,
- suburban,
- wrapping