Around

Preposition

 * 1) Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
 * I planted a row of lillies around the statue.
 * The jackals began to gather around [someone or something].
 * 1) Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
 * We walked around the football field.
 * She went around the track fifty times.
 * 1) Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve
 * The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then continued straight.
 * 1)  Near; in the vicinity of.
 * I left my keys somewhere around here.
 * I left the house around 10 this morning.
 * There isn't another house here for miles around.
 * I'll see you around [the neighbourhood, etc.].
 * 1) At various places in.

Derived terms

 * all around
 * aroundness
 * around the clock
 * around the bend
 * around the corner
 * around the world
 * bat around
 * beat around the bush
 * get around


 * go around
 * hang around
 * have been around
 * ring-around-the-rosy
 * round
 * run around/run-around/runaround
 * turn around/turnaround
 * wrap around/wraparound

Adjective

 * 1)  Alive; existing.

Derived terms

 * be around

Adverb

 * 1) Generally.
 * 2) From place to place, or from one place to another
 * 3)  Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.

Derived terms

 * boss around
 * fool around
 * fuck around
 * goof around
 * horse around
 * lie around
 * lounge around
 * mess around
 * monkey around
 * play around
 * shop around
 * sleep around


 * kick around
 * push around
 * push around
 * push around
 * push around
 * push around

Thesaurus
about; again; alive; all about; all over; all round; all through; almost; along toward; anticlockwise; any which way; anyhow; anywise; approximately; at close quarters; at hand; at random; back; backward; by; by way of; circa; clockwise; close; close about; close at hand; close by; close upon; counterclockwise; encircling; enclosing; encompassing; enveloping; every which way; everywhence; everywhere; everywhither; existent; existing; far and wide; fast by; from every quarter; haphazard; haphazardly; hard; hard by; head over heels; heels over head; helter-skelter; here and there; hereabout; hereabouts; in a circle; in a spin; in a whirl; in all directions; in circles; in every quarter; in reverse; in spitting distance; in the neighborhood; in the vicinity; just about; living; near; near at hand; near enough to; near upon; nearabout; nearabouts; nearby; nearly; nigh; nigh about; not far; on all sides; on every side; only a step; over; passing by; passing through; random; randomly; roughly; round; round about; round and round; somewhere about; surrounding; thereabout; thereabouts; through; throughout; upwards of; via; widdershins; within call; within earshot; within hearing; within reach