Surround
Definition of Surround
Sur`round´ | v. t. | 1. | To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. | | 2. | To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. | | 3. | To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. |
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