Definition of around

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Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

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Circumspective :: Circumspective (a.) Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger.
Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.
Trim :: Trim (n.) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points..
Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..
Neck :: Neck (n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft..
Hill :: Hill (v. t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn..
Crow''s-foot :: Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes..
Around :: Around (adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town..
About :: About (adv.) On all sides; around.
Periscopic :: Periscopic (a.) Viewing all around, or on all sides..
Oceanus :: Oceanus (n.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth..
Weatherbit :: Weatherbit (v. t.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass..
Cancelli :: Cancelli (v. t.) An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window..
Phoronis :: Phoronis (n.) A remarkable genus of marine worms having tentacles around the mouth. It is usually classed with the gephyreans. Its larva (Actinotrocha) undergoes a peculiar metamorphosis.
Hemorrhoids :: Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods..
Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..
Around :: Around (prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
Cephalotrocha :: Cephalotrocha (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.
Chase :: Chase (v. i.) To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor..
Lap :: Lap (n.) One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2..
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