Surround
Surround , transitive verb
[Old French suronder to overflow, Late Latin superundare; from Latin super over + undare to rise in waves, overflow, from unda wave. The English sense is due to the influence of English round. See Super-, and Undulate, and compare Abound.]
1.
To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
2.
To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
But could instead, and ever-during dark
Surrounds me.
3.
To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obsolete] — Fuller
4.
(Military) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.
Surround , noun
A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [United States] — Baird