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surround (verb), surrounds; surrounded; surrounding
1. To extend on all sides simultaneously; to encircle.
2. To enclose or to confine on all sides so as to stop escape or outside communication.
3. Something; such as, fencing or a border, that surrounds an area.
4. The space around a thing or place: Karl has an inflammation that surrounds his left eye.
5. Etymology: "to flood, overflow" came from Middle French soronder, "to overflow, to abound, to surpass, to dominate"; from Late Latin superundare, "to overflow"; from Latin super, "over" + undare, "to flow in waves"; from unda, "wave">
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surrounding (adjective) (not comparable)
Referring to something that is encircled or enclosed.
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Units related to: “surrounding
(Latin: surrounding, to encircle, to go around; to bind, to gird)
(Latin: around, about, surrounding, closed curve, circling, circular on all sides; literally, "in a circle")
(Greek: around, enclosing, surrounding, about, near, close; often used as a prefix)
(Latin: a small box or chest; repository, case; enveloping or surrounding a structure)
(Latin: protruded viscus; rupture; in the sense of "protrusion of tissue or part of an organ through an abnormal opening in the surrounding walls")
(Greek: glass, glassy; transparent; pertaining to the vitreous humor or surrounding membrane)
(Latin: neighborhood, neighbor, near by, close; surrounding district)