Around is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for AROUND in dictionary:

VERB:
• In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
• In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
• Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
PREPOSITION:
• on all sides
• on every side of
• (of something abstract) having (the thing mentioned) as a focal point
• in or to many places throughout (a community or locality)
• so as to pass (a place or object) in a curved or approximately circular route
• so as to encircle or embrace (someone or something)
• On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
• From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
ADVERB:
• located or situated on every side
• so as to face in the opposite direction
• in or to many places throughout a locality
• aimlessly or unsystematically; here and there
• present, living, in the vicinity, or in active use
• (used with a number or quantity) approximately
• on all sides (of)
• in the area or vicinity
• by a circular or circuitous route
• used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
• in a circle or circular motion
• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
• in or to a reversed position or direction
• to a particular destination either specified or understood
• all around or on all sides
• in circumference
• from beginning to end; throughout
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• on all sides of

How to use AROUND in a sentence

• Once or twice Hugo had looked around for Satan, and Satan paying no attention, the mastiff trotted on home in disgust.
• The simplicity of his character has probably suffered by his detecting the impression he makes on those around him.
• I went up to her and kissed her, she threw her arms around me and burst into a flood of tears.
• But if the scenery around us was not remarkable, the spectacle on board the vessel itself was highly interesting.
• All around, the wintry woods lay in frozen silence.
• And I see again my mother winding her bright curls around her fingers, and nobody is as proud of her beauty as I am.
• Rice take care of the kids, and cooked around the house.
• Potterne Church is a fine example of Early English, and the natural dignity of the building is enhanced by its domination of the village around it.
• Had he tied a line around his waist before he jumped he would have been all right.
• Then the other team becomes snake and endeavors to coil around as many of the opponents, when they attempt to cross the space between the lines, as possible.
• She falls into long reveries, and does not hear a word of what is going on around.
• The latter was so absorbed in his own delicious thoughts, that, after that hurried glance around him, he did not once again look to the rear.
• The fall itself was hidden in the turn around which, above, they had followed the tangled pathway.
• She gripped her hands hard around her knees, enduring his scrutiny with a fast-throbbing heart.
• With forcing-bag and tube shape a pattern around the upper edge of the fish.
• Ye crowd around your neighbour, and have fine words for it.
• In the grounds around the Court House are some very fine orange trees, full of fruit, and also in the gardens of private residents.
• It was because her sharp brain saw the better effect that her ability to do this thing immediately produced on the people around her.
• He trotted around the circle cast by the fire and looked out into the darkening shadows.
• But any one that was noticing could see him edge around to the tub.
• The day had been like walking around in an eye-stinging blizzard.
• The best trees around Greenacres were up on the old Cynthy Allen place.
• I had to walk at least two miles around in order to get to the ferry building, and when I got there you could see no buildings standing in any direction.