Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Around
around, adv. [see round, adv.] (webplay: all, every, fixed, side).
- Throughout; belonging to everyone.
- Towards; turning to face (someone); in the direction of (someone).
- In a different direction; towards a different place; [fig.] towards death; away from this life and towards the next life; rolling away in the fixed stare of death.
- Phrase. “All around”: everywhere; in all directions.
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