Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective prenominal surrounding.

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  • adjective enclosing, skirting
  • verb Present participle of encircle.

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  • adjective being all around the edges; enclosing

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Examples

  • The late Mr. Larrabbee's name was still printed on millions of bright labels encircling cubes of tobacco, now manufactured by a Trust.

    The Inside of the Cup — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • The late Mr. Larrabbee's name was still printed on millions of bright labels encircling cubes of tobacco, now manufactured by a Trust.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

  • The late Mr. Larrabbee's name was still printed on millions of bright labels encircling cubes of tobacco, now manufactured by a Trust.

    The Inside of the Cup — Volume 02 Winston Churchill 1909

  • The left, facing to the south and southwest, beginning just above Dover, on the point of a ridge extending nearly to the river between the two small brooks, continued out from the river along this ridge to its western extremity, and thence across the valley of the small curved stream described as encircling

    From Fort Henry to Corinth 1861

  • These reefs, however, vary in construction; some are called encircling reefs, when they appear at a distance from the shore, and a lagoon intervenes; others are called fringing reefs, which are joined to the land, and extend out from it without any lagoon.

    The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • Such reefs as these are called "encircling" when they surround an island; and "barrier" reefs, when they stretch parallel with the coast of a continent.

    Autobiography and Selected Essays Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 1909

  • The German newspapers were full of talk about the British policy of 'encircling' Germany in order to attack and destroy her, which they attributed mainly to

    The Expansion of Europe Ramsay Muir 1906

  • True, the German Press sought to represent those efforts as directed towards the "encircling" (_Einkreisung_) of Germany.

    The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) John Holland Rose 1898

  • Such reefs as these are called "encircling" when they surround an island; and "barrier" reefs, when they stretch parallel with the coast of a continent.

    Autobiography and Selected Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • In a political document yet to be made public, they also claimed the US was "encircling" China through India and suggested that Nepal should adopt a policy of equi-distance with New Delhi and Beijing taking into consideration the geopolitical situation, The Kathmandu Post reported.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

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  • My adjectival use: 'They were protected by the encircling crowd.'

    August 22, 2011