Surround

·vt To inclose on all sides; to Encompass; to Environ.

II. Surround ·vt To lie or be on all sides of; to Encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.

III. Surround ·vt To pass around; to travel about; to Circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.

IV. Surround ·noun A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, ·etc.

V. Surround ·vt 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.