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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ambient, assimilating, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, comprising, containing, counting, covering, embracing, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, envisaging, including, inclusive, incorporating, neighboring, numbering, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, surrounding, wrapping
Dictionary Results for encircling:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
encircling
    adj 1: being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling
           arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn:
           encircling(a), skirting(a)]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Encircling.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF.
   encercler.]
   To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring;
   to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army
   encircled the city.
   [1913 Webster]

         Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.

   Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
        [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
encircling \encircling\ adj.
   surrounding. [prenominal]

   Syn: circumferential, skirting(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]
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