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around, adv. and prep.|əˈraʊnd|
[f. a- prefix 2 + round; cf. across. Rare bef. 1600; not in Shakespeare, nor Bible 1611; twice in Milton Poet. Wks.]
A. adv. (Often strengthened by all.)
†1. In the round, in circumference; in a round, in a circle. Obs.
c1300K. Alis. 6603 They [i.e. the eggs] beon more feor aroun. 1330R. Brunne Chron. 368 Non was set at non ende, But alle a round, for alle were hende. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. June 60 The fountaine, where they sat arounde. 1596― F.Q. i. i. 18 [The dragon]..Wrapping up her wrethed sterne arownd.
2. On or along the circuit or surface (of a circular or globular body).
1596Spenser F.Q. i. x. 54 Whose head full hie [is] Adorn'd with fruitful olives all around. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 658 And hissing, rowls his glaring Eyes around. 1699― Flower & Leaf 229 All their heads around With chaplets green of cerrial-oak were crowned. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 67 A shell, which stretches quite around, and envelopes the whole globe.
3. gen. On every side, in every direction.
c1320Sir Beves 1373 [The sense is here doubtful] God, that made this world aronde, The saue, sire king Brademond. 1709Pope Spring 100 While op'ning blooms diffuse their sweets around. 1820Keats St. Agnes xl, For there were sleeping dragons all around. 1861Buckle Civilis. II. vi. 601 The signs of the time are all around.
4. In U.S.: = round. Perhaps orig. U.K. (cf. quot. 1816). Now coming back into British use under U.S. influence.
1816Jane Austen Emma I. x. 187 Emma..was beginning to think how she might draw back a little more, when they both looked around, and she was obliged to join them. 1883Harper's Mag. Feb. 446/1 The apples and nuts are just enough to go around. 1883J. Kelly in Ibid. Aug. 453/1 It is not the best all-around boat. 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xxvi. 269 ‘I want to know why you haven't tied him up.’.. ‘We was aiming to get around to it later.’ 1952Manch. Guardian Weekly 9 Oct. 7/3 They tended to get rubbed out before he got around to it.
5. In U.S.: = about.
a. Here and there with no fixed direction; all about, at random; as in ‘to travel around,’ ‘to fool around.’
b. Somewhere near; as in ‘to stand around.’ For shop, sleep around, see the verbs.
1776A. R. Robbins Jrnl. (1850) 6 Exercised and walked around with the officers in A.M. 1834Congressional Globe 6 Feb. 492 In looking around, the President had a right to select an officer who would honestly..discharge his duty. 1848Bartlett Dict. Amer. 170 To hang around, to loiter about. 1869S. Bowles Our New West viii. 170 We generally ‘boarded around’. 1870in Schele de Vere Americanisms (1872) 435 She..is witty,..and must be pleasant to have around. 1883N.Y. World in Glasg. Week. Her. 9 June 8/3 It can be kicked, rolled around, or hammered. 1926J. Black You can't Win iii. 16 When a new boy showed up, I was the one to show him around. 1927E. Wallace Hand of Power xliv. 215, I shall be just eating around. 1948Gore Vidal City & Pillar (1949) ii. ix. 195 Well, I'll see you around, Cy. 1965J. Fleming Nothing is Number ii. v. 87 She hasn't been seen since the beginning of last term... All I know is that she hasn't been around.
c. Going about; astir; out of bed. U.S.
1849N. Kingsley Diary (1914) 58 Our Captain is out around to day as it is so pleasant. 1884Lisbon (Dakota) Star 18 July, He is now able to be around, but has not yet fully recovered. 1887F. Francis Jr. Saddle & Mocassin 61 Mr. Maroney ain't long gone to bed... I guess he'll be around at midday. 1908S. E. White Riverman xvi. 142, I wasn't here until nine o'clock. I thought, of course, you'd be around.
d. Phr. to have been around: to have gained much experience in the world. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1927Hemingway Fiesta vii. 72 We've all been around. I dare say Jake here has seen as much as you have. 1938‘G. Graham’ Swiss Sonata vi. 229 You do have a very unnerving effect on me sometimes, although I'm four years older and I've been around, as Ted would say.
B. prep.
1. On or along the circuit:
a. of position.
1399Rich. Redeless iii. 264 Rewlers of rewmes around all þe erthe. 1629Milton Ode Nativity iv, Nor war or battle's sound Was heard the world around. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. i. 41 Around the walls are heroes, lovers, kings.
b. of motion: So as to encircle, or make the circuit of.
a1700Dryden (J.) A lambent flame arose, which gently spread Around his brows. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho (1879) 501 They would follow Sir Amyas Leigh around the world. 1869Eng. Mech. 2 Apr. 27/2 Passing the tape..around each of the..pulleys.
2. So as to surround, encompass, or envelop; surrounding, enveloping; about.
1816J. Wilson City of Plague i. i. 147 My mother put her arms around my neck. 1817Wolfe Burial Sir J. Moore iii, With his martial cloak around him.
3. a. On all sides of, in all directions from.
1667Milton P.L. ii. 900 They around the flag Of each his faction..Swarm populous. 1711Steele Spect. No. 118 ⁋1 The Prospects around me. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §11. 84 The air around and above us was..clear. 1882C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xxi. 158 The woods that lie around a Flintshire castle.
b. fig.
1818Hallam Mid. Ages (1841) I. 496 To pour the radiance of unclouded reason around the last struggles of dissolution. 1877W. Lytteil Landm. iii. vii. 134 Around the Stone of the bedesman's cell quite a romance has been woven.
4. a. In U.S.: Hither and thither over, at random through, about; as in ‘to travel around the country.’
b. Of time, amount, etc.: about, sometime near. U.S.
1888N.Y. Mercury (Farmer), Presuming he was born around three o'clock in the afternoon, he is under Leo and the Sun. 1920Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 10/6 (N.Y. Lett.), S. Motor Company shares, which usually sell around $100 each. 1931W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years x. 158 The convention adjourned around four o'clock. |