surround

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  1. transitive verb To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
  2. transitive verb To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.
  3. noun Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.
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  • "They'll head us off--surround us with their damn baskets What's in the baskets?" —  017 - The Thousand Headed Man
  • It includes left and right front, surround, and surround back speakers, a center channel speaker, and the subwoofer. —  dealnews - Today's Edition
  • But proponents welcome it as a step toward ending the barrage of drug brands and logos that surround, and may subliminally influence, doctors and patients. —  TakePart Social Action Network™
  • While the dock's Dolby® Virtual Speaker technology delivers outstanding digital audio for a surround-sound experience, and a USB hub provides easy connectivity to all peripherals, including USB monitors, at the same time. —  DV Hardware
  • The disc is straightforward: 1.85: 1 anamorphic widescreen and 5.1 surround, a behind-the-scenes documentary featuring interviews with Regan and the encore, a brief segment where Regan returns and does requests. —  DVD Verdict
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  1. Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre : Latin super-, super- + Latin undāre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Early modern English also surrownd; from Middle English surounden, overflow, from Old French surounder, suronder, from Late Latin superundare, overflow, from Latin super, over, + undare, rise in waves, surge, Late Latin inundate, overflow, deluge, from unda, wave, water: see ound. The verb is thus properly suround, parallel with ab-ound, red-ound; in later use it has become confused with round, as if it meant ‘go round,’ and hence is usually explained as from sur- + round. The correct explanation is given by Minsheu (1617) and by Skeat (Supp.).
  2. from surround, v.
 

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