Definition of Surrounded

1. Adjective. Confined on all sides. "The encircled pioneers"

Exact synonyms: Encircled
Similar to: Enclosed

Definition of Surrounded

1. Verb. (past of ''surround'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Surrounded

1. surround [v] - See also: surround

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrounded

surrogate mother
surrogate mothers
surrogate parent
surrogate parents
surrogated
surrogates
surrogateship
surrogateships
surrogating
surrogation
surrogatum
surround
surround-sound
surround sound
surround sounds
surrounded (current term)
surrounding
surrounding(a)
surroundings
surrounds
surroyal
surroyals
sursanure
sursanures
surseance
surseances
sursie
sursies
sursolid

Literary usage of Surrounded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"He found that the nucleus of the spore mother- cell became surrounded by a web of delicate ... stage surrounded by a granular and ..."

2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"They would be alone, surrounded by darkness and silence: and in that moment of supreme tenderness he would be transfigured. He would fade into something ..."

3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"They would be alone, surrounded by darkness and silence: and in that moment of supreme tenderness he would be transfigured. He would fade into something ..."

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