surrounding

sur·round  (s-round)

tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds

1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.

1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.

2.

a. The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.

b. Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" (Listener).

3. A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.

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[Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundre : Latin super-, super- + Latin undre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

Synonyms: surround, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird¹, girdle, ring¹
These verbs mean to lie around and bound on all sides: Suburbs surround the city. A crown circled the king's head. Fog compassed the mountain peak. A belt encircled her waist. A lake encompassed the island. The desert environed the oases. A deep moat girds the castle. Flower gardens girdled the bird bath. Guests ringed the coffee table.

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sur•round•ing (səˈraʊn dɪŋ)

n.

1. something that surrounds.

2. surroundings, environing things, circumstances, conditions, etc.; environment.

adj.

3. enclosing or encircling.

4. being the environment or adjacent area.

[1400–50; late Middle English: inundation]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

surrounding - closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside" circumferent, encompassing close - at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"

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surrounding

adjective

nearby, neighbouring, adjacent, local, bordering, adjoining, abutting Aerial bombing of the surrounding area is continuing.

plural noun

environment, setting, background, location, neighbourhood, milieu, environs a peaceful holiday home in beautiful surroundings

Translations

surrounding [səˈraʊndɪŋ] ADJ [countryside] → circundante; [hills] → circundante, de alrededor
they disappeared into the surrounding darkness → desaparecieron en la oscuridad(que los envolvía)

surrounding [səˈraʊndɪŋ] adj → environnant(e)

surrounding

adj → umliegend; in the surrounding countryside → in der Umgebung or Umgegend; in the surrounding darkness → in der Dunkelheit, die mich/ihn etc umgab; surrounding tissue (Med) → Bindegewebe nt

surrounding [səˈraʊndɪŋ] adj → circostante
the surrounding hills → le colline circostanti