around
    adv 1: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing
           about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next
           flight" [syn: about, around]
    2: by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way
       around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
    3: 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" [syn: about,
       around]
    4: in a circle or circular motion; "The wheels are spinning
       around"
    5: (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"
       [syn: approximately, about, close to, just about,
       some, roughly, more or less, around, or so]
    6: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face";
       "suddenly she turned around" [syn: about, around]
    7: to a particular destination either specified or understood;
       "she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for
       supper"
    8: 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" [syn: about,
       around]
    9: in circumference; "the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond
       is two miles around"
    10: from beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round
        on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" [syn: round,
        around]

Around \A*round"\, prep.
   1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make
      the circuit of; about.
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            A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
            Around his brows.                     --Dryden.
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   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.]
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Around \A*round"\, adv. [Pref. a- + round.]
   1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
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   2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space;
      all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
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   3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing
      around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.]
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   Note: See Round, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in
         some of the meanings, is more commonly used.
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