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Definition of Surround
1. Noun. The area in which something exists or lives. "The country--the flat agricultural surround"
Exact synonyms: Environment, Environs, Surroundings
Specialized synonyms: Ambiance, Ambience, Medium, Scene, Setting, Element, Habitat, Home Ground, Melting Pot, Parts
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Specialized synonyms: Ambiance, Ambience, Medium, Scene, Setting, Element, Habitat, Home Ground, Melting Pot, Parts
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
2. Verb. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. "The forest surrounds my property"
Exact synonyms: Border, Environ, Ring, Skirt
Generic synonyms: Adjoin, Contact, Meet, Touch
Specialized synonyms: Fringe, Gird, Girdle, Cloister, Close In, Enclose, Inclose, Shut In, Hem In, Cloister
Derivative terms: Border, Border, Border, Surroundings
Generic synonyms: Adjoin, Contact, Meet, Touch
Specialized synonyms: Fringe, Gird, Girdle, Cloister, Close In, Enclose, Inclose, Shut In, Hem In, Cloister
Derivative terms: Border, Border, Border, Surroundings
3. Verb. Envelop completely. "The wind storms surround the area with dust and dirt"; "Smother the meat in gravy"
4. Verb. Surround so as to force to give up. "The Turks besieged Vienna"
Exact synonyms: Beleaguer, Besiege, Circumvent, Hem In
Generic synonyms: Assail, Attack
Specialized synonyms: Blockade, Seal Off, Ebb
Derivative terms: Besieger
Generic synonyms: Assail, Attack
Specialized synonyms: Blockade, Seal Off, Ebb
Derivative terms: Besieger
5. Verb. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
Exact synonyms: Fence, Fence In, Palisade, Wall
Generic synonyms: Protect
Specialized synonyms: Stockade, Circumvallate
Derivative terms: Fence, Palisade, Wall, Wall, Wall
Also: Wall In, Wall Up
Generic synonyms: Protect
Specialized synonyms: Stockade, Circumvallate
Derivative terms: Fence, Palisade, Wall, Wall, Wall
Also: Wall In, Wall Up
Definition of Surround
1. v. t. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
2. n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
Definition of Surround
1. to extend completely around [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surround
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