encircling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
encircling
    adj 1: being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling
           arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting" [syn:
           {encircling(a)}, {skirting(a)}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encircled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Encircling}.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF.
   encercler.]
   To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring;
   to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army
   encircled the city.
   [1913 Webster]

         Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.

   Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
        [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
encircling \encircling\ adj.
   surrounding. [prenominal]

   Syn: circumferential, skirting(prenominal).
        [WordNet 1.5]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "encircling":
      ambient, assimilating, circling, circumambient, circumferential,
      circumflex, circumfluent, circumfluous, circumjacent, comprising,
      containing, counting, covering, embracing, enclosing, encompassing,
      enfolding, enveloping, environing, envisaging, including,
      inclusive, incorporating, neighboring, numbering, peripheral,
      roundabout, suburban, surrounding, wrapping
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