around

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adv. On all sides: dirty clothes lying around.
2. adv. In close to all sides from all directions: a field bordered around with tall trees.
3. adv. In a circle or with a circular motion: spun around twice.
4. adv. In circumference or perimeter: a pond two miles around.
5. adv. In succession or rotation: passed the collection plate around; seasons that rolled around each year.
6. adv. In or toward the opposite direction or position: wheeled around to face the attacker.
7. adv. To or among various places; here and there: wander around.
8. adv. To a specific place: Come around again sometime.
9. adv. In or near one's current location: waited around for the next flight.
10. adv. From the beginning to the end: frigid weather the year around.
11. adv. Approximately; about: weighed around 30 pounds; around $1.3 billion in debt.
12. prep. On all sides of: trees around the field.
13. prep. In such a position as to encircle or surround: a sash around the waist.
14. prep. Here and there within; throughout: on the political stump around the country.
15. prep. In the immediate vicinity of; near: She lives around Norfolk.
16. prep. On or to the farther side of: the house around the corner.
17. prep. So as to pass, bypass, or avoid: a way around an obstacle; got around the difficulty somehow.
18. prep. Approximately at: woke up around seven.
19. prep. In such a way as to have a basis or center in: an economy focused around farming and light industry.
20. adj. Being in existence: Our old dog is no longer around.
21. adj. Being in evidence; present: asked if the store manager was around.
22. idiom. been around Informal Had many and varied experiences; been experienced in the ways of the world: a young executive who has been around.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. In a circle or sphere; round about; on every side: as, a dense mist lay around.
2. From place to place; here and there; about: as, to travel around from city to city. [U. S.]
3. About; near: as, he waited around till the fight was over. [U. S.]
4. About; on all sides; encircling; encompassing.
5. From place to place; at random: as, to roam around the country. [U. S.]

Wiktionary

1. prep. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
2. prep. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
3. prep. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve
4. prep. time Near; in the vicinity of.
5. prep. At various places in.
6. adj. informal Alive; existing.
7. adv. Generally.
8. adv. From place to place, or from one place to another
9. adv. etc. Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adv. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
2. adv. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about.
3. adv. Colloq. U. S. Near; in the neighborhood.
4. prep. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
5. prep. Colloq. U. S. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of

WordNet 3.0

1. adv. in circumference
2. adv. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
3. adv. to a particular destination either specified or understood
4. adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
5. adv. all around or on all sides
6. adv. in a circle or circular motion
7. adv. in the area or vicinity
8. adv. from beginning to end; throughout.
9. adv. in or to a reversed position or direction
10. adv. by a circular or circuitous route