Definition of around

• in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
• by a circular or circuitous route; "He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
• to or among many different places or in no particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone whos been around"; "she sleeps around"