[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surround \surround"\, 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
see also:
surrounded surrounding super- undulate abound 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surrounding \surround"ing\, a.
   inclosing; encircling.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

surrounding \surround"ing\, n.
   1. an encompassing.
      1913 webster

   2. pl. the things which surround or environ; external or
      attending circumstances or conditions.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

surrounding
     adj : closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
           surrounding countryside" syn: encompassinga, surroundinga
see also:
encompassinga surroundinga 

[5] : 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

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