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Definition of SURROUND

Surround
Surround Sur*round", 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. 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.
Surround
Surround Sur*round", 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.

Meaning of SURROUND from wikipedia

- Look up surround in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Surround may refer to: Surround sound, a type of multichannel audio Surround (album), by Jon Bauer...
- Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround...
- MP3 Surround is an extension of MP3 for multi-channel audio support including 5.1 surround sound. It was developed by Fraunhofer IIS in collaboration with...
- Surround Me may refer to: "Surround Me", song by Grant Mclennan from Fireboy "Surround Me", song by The Stems from Heads Up "Surround Me", song by Scott...
- Look up surrounded in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Surrounded may refer to: The Surrounded, a 1936 novel by D'Arcy McNickle Surrounded, a 1974 novel...
- Logic is a surround sound processing technology developed by Dolby Laboratories, designed to decode soundtracks encoded with Dolby Surround. The terms...
- Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980–83 was a 1983 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude surrounded...
- A door frame, window frame, door surround, window surround, or niche surround is the architectural frame around an aperture such as a door or window. This...
- Surround Video was a Microsoft technology, announced as a competitor, to Apple's QuickTime VR for creating panoramic 360-degree 3D images. It was evaluated...
- 5.1 surround sound ("five-point one") is the common name for surround sound audio systems. 5.1 is the most commonly used layout in home theatres. It uses...