Definition of "surround" []

• To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. (verb-transitive)
• To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. (verb-transitive)
• Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround. (noun)
• The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye. (noun)
• Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me” ( Listener). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The only thing you surround is the kiosk at the Tea Bagger convention selling little American flags for $15 a pop that are made – ahem – in CHINA."
• "The surround sound was not working so I complained to the manager of the theater only for him to vehemently try to convince me that the "Hulk" was NOT produced in surround sound! grock"
• "This is not an issue with DVD, as most DVDs are in surround sound … but streaming video?"