surround

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surround Definition

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

surround Synonyms

• beleaguer
• besiege
• border
• circle
• circumvent
• encircle
• environ
• environment
• environs
• fence
• fence in
• hem in
• palisade
• ring
• round
• skirt
• smother
• surround
• surroundings
• wall