encircling

English

Adjective

encircling (not comparable)

1. enclosing, skirting

   She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.

Verb

encircling

1. present participle and gerund of encircle

Noun

encircling (plural encirclings)

1. encirclement
   • 1995, Frank Trommler, Thematics Reconsidered: Essays in Honor of Horst S. Daemmrich:

     If, however, a series of motifs conjoin in their encirclings of a theme - within and beyond the "subtext" - they enliven the interplay among themselves and with the theme to which they are attracted over the turbulent abyss of time and space.

Translations

encircling

• Italian: accerchiamento (it) m, cerchia (it) f, circondamento m
• Interlingua: incirculamento
• French: encerclement (fr) m
• Spanish: cerco (es) m, cerca (es) f, acorralamiento (es) m