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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, ambient, bordering, circling, circumambient, circumferential, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, claustral, confining, contextual, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enfolding, enveloping, environing, environmental, limiting, local, nearby, neighboring, parietal, peripheral, roundabout, suburban, wrapping
Dictionary Results for surrounding:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
surrounding
    adj 1: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
           surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a),
           surrounding(a), circumferent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a.
   Inclosing; encircling.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, n.
   1. An encompassing.
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   2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or
      attending circumstances or conditions.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall
      surrounds the city.
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            But could instead, and ever-during dark
            Surrounds me.                         --Milton.
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   3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to
      surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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   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.
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   Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence
        about.
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