English Dictionary

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Source : opted (153658)  - auto

To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
Source : opted (153659)  - auto

To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
Source : opted (153660)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (153661)  - auto

A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
Source : opted (153662)  - auto