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• Surrounding — Sur*round ing, a. Inclosing; encircling. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Surrounding — Sur*round ing, n. 1. An encompassing. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• surrounding — index blockade (enclosure), local Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• surrounding area — index periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• surrounding facts — index circumstances Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• surrounding influence — index climate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• surrounding space — index periphery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• surrounding — [səroun′diŋ, sərroun′diŋ] n. 1. that which surrounds 2. [pl.] the things, conditions, influences, etc. that surround a given place or person; environment adj. that surrounds …   English World dictionary

• surrounding gill net — a coastal Japanese net comprised of gill nets inside a surrounding net. The surrounding net is set from boats around a fish school, the gill nets are lowered into the enclosed space that is formed, and fish driven into them from the surrounding… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• Surrounding net — A surrounding net is a fishing net which surrounds fish on the sides and underneath. It is typically used by commercial fishers, and pulled along the surface of the water. There is typically a purse line at the bottom, which is closed when the… …   Wikipedia

• surrounding — sur|round|ing [səˈraundıŋ] adj [only before noun] near or around a particular place = ↑nearby ▪ Troops sealed off the surrounding area . ▪ We decided to explore the surrounding countryside …   Dictionary of contemporary English