v. t. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. [ 1913 Webster ]

But could instead, and ever-during dark
Surrounds me. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [ U.S. ] Baird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclosing; encircling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An encompassing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions. [ 1913 Webster ]