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English Dictionary: Around	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
around adv in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" Synonym(s): about, around by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond" used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" Synonym(s): about, around in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning around" (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" Synonym(s): approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or so in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" Synonym(s): about, around to a particular destination either specified or understood; "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper" all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" Synonym(s): about, around in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around" from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" Synonym(s): round, around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Around \Around"\, prep. 1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about. A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around* his brows. --Dryden. 2. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Around \Around"\, adv. [Pref. a- + round.] 1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around* from town to town. 3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.] Note: See {Round}, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hem \Hem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hemmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hemming}.] 1. To form a hem or border to; to fold and sew down the edge of. --Wordsworth. 2. To border; to edge All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe. --Spenser. {To hem about}, {around}, [or] {in}, to inclose and confine; to surround; to environ. [bd]With valiant squadrons round about to hem.[b8] --Fairfax. [bd]Hemmed in to be a spoil to tyranny.[b8] --Daniel. {To hem out}, to shut out. [bd]You can not hem me out of London.[b8] --J. Webster.