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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. closely encircling;
- Example: "encompassing mountain ranges"
- Example: "the surrounding countryside"
[syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a. Inclosing; encircling. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

surrounding adj 1: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a), surrounding(a), circumferent]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "surrounding": 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