Definition of around

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Around (adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place..

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Wall :: Wall (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room..
Cancelli :: Cancelli (v. t.) An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window..
Prospective :: Prospective (n.) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect..
Marline :: Marline (v. t.) To wind marline around; as, to marline a rope..
Crow''s-foot :: Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes..
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..
Feather-edge/ :: Feather-edge/ (n.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster..
Coil :: Coil (v. i.) To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
Hilling :: Hilling (n.) The act or process of heaping or drawing earth around plants.
Perichondrial :: Perichondrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.
Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
Jovicentric :: Jovicentric (a.) Revolving around the planet Jupiter; appearing as viewed from Jupiter.
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc..
Chimney-piece :: Chimney-piece (n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.
Wristlet :: Wristlet (n.) An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove..
Breechcloth :: Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.
Sabella :: Sabella (n.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
Phyllorhine :: Phyllorhine (a.) Of or pertaining to Phyllorhina and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils.
Trim :: Trim (n.) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points..
About :: About (adv.) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across..
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