1. be all around (someone or something): "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens"
▪ (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape: "troops surrounded the parliament building"
▪ be associated with:"the killings were surrounded by controversy"
noun
1. a thing that forms a border or edging around an object: "an oak fireplace surround"
▪ the area encircling something; surroundings:"the beautiful surrounds of Moosehead Lake"
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow’): from Old French souronder, from late Latin superundare, from super- ‘over’ + undare ‘to flow’ (from unda ‘a wave’); later associated with round. Current senses of the noun date from the late 19th century.