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surrounding
(mass) | surrounding
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surrounding
(encz) | surrounding,obklopení n: Zdeněk Brož |
surrounding
(encz) | surrounding,obklopující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
surrounding
(encz) | surrounding,prostředí Zdeněk Brož |
Surrounding
(gcide) | Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a.
Inclosing; encircling.
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Surrounding
(gcide) | 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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Surrounding
(gcide) | 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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surrounding
(wn) | surrounding
adj 1: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a),
surrounding(a), circumferent] |
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surroundings
(encz) | surroundings,okolí |
Surrounding
(gcide) | Surrounding \Sur*round"ing\, a.
Inclosing; encircling.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]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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surroundings
(wn) | surroundings
n 1: the environmental condition [syn: milieu, surroundings]
2: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--
the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment,
environs, surroundings, surround] |
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