Definition of surround

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Surround (v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city..

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Muff :: Muff (n.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe..
Trifasciated :: Trifasciated (a.) Having, or surrounded by, three fasciae, or bands..
Ingirt :: Ingirt (a.) Surrounded; encircled.
Flue :: Flue (n.) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes.
Left :: Left (n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North..
Oral :: Oral (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri..
Halo :: Halo (n.) A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus..
Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..
Pasty :: Pasty (n.) A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie..
Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country..
Surrounding :: Surrounded (imp. & p. p.) of Surroun.
Circumesophagal :: Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.
Enguard :: Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.
Flower :: Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla..
Dike :: Dike (v. t.) To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter..
Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself..
Mimic :: Mimic (v. t.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of a totally different nature, or some surrounding object), as a means of protection or advantage..
Periproct :: Periproct (n.) The region surrounding the anus, particularly of echinoderms..
Intrench :: Intrench (v. t.) To surround with a trench or with intrenchments, as in fortification; to fortify with a ditch and parapet; as, the army intrenched their camp, or intrenched itself..
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