Definition of around

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Around (adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town..

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Frill :: Frill (v. i.) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal..
Manage :: Manage (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans..
Peristrephic :: Peristrephic (a.) Turning around; rotatory; revolving; as, a peristrephic painting (of a panorama)..
Bright :: Bright (a.) Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
Necktie :: Necktie (n.) A scarf, band, or kerchief of silk, etc., passing around the neck or collar and tied in front; a bow of silk, etc., fastened in front of the neck..
Perivisceral :: Perivisceral (a.) Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity..
Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..
Circumscissile :: Circumscissile (a.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.
Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase..
Orbitary :: Orbitary (a.) Situated around the orbit; as, the orbitary feathers of a bird..
Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..
Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.
Ken :: Ken (v. i.) To look around.
Spheromere :: Spheromere (n.) Any one of the several symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing the body of a radiate anmal.
Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A rope or chain fitted around the masthead to hold hanging blocks for jibs and stays.
Center :: Center (n.) A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction..
Pericardial :: Pericardial (a.) Of or pertaining to pericardium; situated around the heart.
Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.
Perinuclear :: Perinuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus; situated around a nucleus; as, the perinuclear protoplasm..
Lap :: Lap (n.) One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2..
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