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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surround \Sur*round"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me. --Milton.
3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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.
Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surrounded
adjective: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers" [syn: {encircled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "surrounded": circumscribed, circumscript, compassed, defined, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, determined, encircled, enclosed, encompassed, enfolded, enveloped, environed, fixed, hedged about, lapped, set, specific, stated, wrapped, wreathed
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