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English Dictionary: surrounded	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for surrounded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surrounded adj confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers" Synonym(s): surrounded, encircled
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.) 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.