What is the meaning of surrounding?

verb

• Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
  • usage: "The forest surrounds my property"
  • synonyms: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
• Envelop completely.
  • usage: "smother the meat in gravy"
  • synonyms: smother, surround
• Surround so as to force to give up.
  • usage: "The Turks besieged Vienna"
  • synonyms: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
• Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
  • synonyms: wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround

adjective

• Closely encircling.
  • usage: "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"
  • synonyms: encompassing, circumferent