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encircling

4 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, encircling means enclosing, skirting. As a noun, it means encirclement.

Meanings of encircling

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Enclosing, skirting

    “She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.”

  2. Being all around the edges; enclosing

    “his encircling arms”

    “the room's skirting board needs painting”

    Similar: skirting

verb

Present participle of encircle

noun

  1. Encirclement

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: being all around the edges; enclosing
skirting

Words that rhyme with encircling

circling

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