Category:Surround

Sur*round", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrounding.] Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

Surround Sur*round", n.

Defn: 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.