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Surround

Surround Meaning & Definition
Surround Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Surround?

[n] the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
[v] surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
[v] surround with a wall in order to fortify
[v] extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
[v] envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
[v] be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Surround: beleaguer | besiege | border | circle | circumvent | encircle | environ | environment | environs | fence | fence in | hem in | palisade | ring | round | skirt | smother | surroundings | wall

Related Terms | Find terms related to Surround:

See Also | adjoin | ambiance | ambience | assail | attack | bear | begird | blockade | carry | circumvallate | cloister | contact | contain | cover | ebb | element | enclose | fringe | geographic area | geographic region | geographical area | geographical region | gird | gird | girdle | girt | girth | habitat | hem in | hold | inclose | medium | meet | melting pot | parts | protect | scene | seal off | setting | shut in | stockade | touch | twine | wall in | wall up | wreath | wreathe

Surround In Webster's Dictionary

\Sur*round"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surrounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surrounding}.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL. superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the influence of E. round. See {Super-}, and {Undulate}, and cf. {Abound}.] 1. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. 2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me. --Milton. 3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller. 4. (Mil.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city. Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about.
\Sur*round"\, n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.] --Baird.

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