To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle: the magnetic field that surrounds the earth.
To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication: The police surrounded the house.
Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.
The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye. often Surroundings; environment:"It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me"(Listener).
A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.