v. t. | 1. | To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. |
2. | To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; | |
3. | To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; | |
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. | |
n. | 1. | A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. |
Noun | 1. | surround - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" |
Verb | 1. | surround - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village" |
2. | surround - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" | |
3. | surround - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" Synonyms: smother | |
4. | surround - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" | |
5. | surround - surround with a wall in order to fortify |