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1. (v.t.) encircle
to form a circle around; surround; encompass.
2. encircle
to make a circling movement around; make a circuit of.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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| Definition of 'encircle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) encircle, circle
form a circle around
"encircle the errors"
2. (verb) gird, encircle
bind with something round or circular
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1. (verb) encircle
to surround
The deer had been encircled by wolves.
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| Definition of 'encircle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) encircle
to form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city
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Sense: to surround
Enemies encircled him.
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 Afrikaans: omsingel, omring |
 Arabic: يُطَوق |
 Bulgarian: обкръжавам |
 Brazilian: cercar |
 Czech: obklíčit |
 German: umzingeln |
 Danish: omringe; omkranse |
 Greek: περικυκλώνω |
 Spanish: rodear |
 Estonian: sisse piirama |
 Farsi: محاصره کردن |
 Finnish: saartaa |
 French: encercler |
 Hebrew: לְהָקִיף |
 Hindi: घेरना |
 Croatian: okružiti |
 Hungarian: körülkerít, bekerít |
 Indonesian: mengepung |
 Icelandic: umkringja |
 Italian: circondare, accerchiare |
 Japanese: 囲む |
 Korean: 에워싸다 |
 Lithuanian: apsupti |
 Latvian: apņemt; ietvert; ielenkt |
 Malay: mengepung |
 Dutch: omringen |
 Norwegian: omringe, bevege seg i en |
 Polish: otoczyć |
 Persian: محاصره کردن |
 Pashto: را چا پيرول، را ګيرول، په |
 Portuguese: cercar |
 Romanian: aîncercui |
 Russian: окружать |
 Slovak: obkľúčiť, obkolesiť |
 Slovenian: obkrožiti |
 Serbian: okružiti |
 Swedish: omge, omringa, inringa |
 Thai: ล้อมรอบ |
 Turkish: çevresini sarmak |
 Taiwanese: 包圍 |
 Ukrainian: оточувати |
 Urdu: حلقے میں لینا |
 Vietnamese: bao vây |
 Chinese: 包围 |
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