/seuh rownd"/ , v.t.
1. to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
2. to form an enclosure round; encircle: A stone wall surrounds the estate.
3. to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.
n.
4. something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall.
5. environment or setting: The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant.
6. Hunting.
a. a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible.
b. the act of hunting by this means.
c. the location encircled by hunters using this means.
[ 1400-50; late ME surounden to inundate, submerge surounder, MF s ( o ) ronder superundare to overflow, equiv. to L super- SUPER- + undare to flood, deriv. of unda wave (see UNDULATE); current sp. by analysis as SUR- 1 + ROUND 1 (v.) ]