surround [əˈraʊnd]
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1. (v.t.) surround
surrounded by admirers. 2. surround
form an enclosure round; encircle.3. surround
An aura of mystery surrounds her. 4. surround
communication or retreat .5. surround
cause to be enclosed, encircled, or attended:surrounding himself with friends. 6. (n.) surround
object or central space .7. surround
environment or setting .Etymology: (1400–50; late ME: to inundate < AF surounder, MF s(o) ronder < LL superundāre to overflow = L super- super - +undāre to flood, der. of unda wave (cf. undulate ))
Definition of 'surround' Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb) environment, environs, surroundings, surround
area in which something exists or lives"the country--the flat agricultural surround" 2. (verb) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
"The forest surrounds my property" 3. (verb) smother, surround
"smother the meat in gravy" 4. (verb) besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
surround so as to force to give up"The Turks besieged Vienna" 5. (verb) wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround
surround with a wall in order to fortify
1. (verb) surround
move all around sb or sthHis fans surrounded him.; Troops had surrounded the small village.
Definition of 'surround' Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) surround
method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc2. (verb) surround
3. (verb) surround
wall surrounds the city 4. (verb) surround
pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world 5. (verb) surround
body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city
Sense: to be, or come, all roundBritain is surrounded by sea; Enemy troops surrounded the town; Mystery surrounds his death.
omring يُحيط، يُطَوِّقُ заобикалям
cercar obklopit umbegen
omgive; omringe περικυκλώνω, περιβάλλομαι rodear; cercar, sitiar; e
ümbritsema, ümber piirama احاطه كردن ympäröidä
entourer לְהָקִיף चारों ओर से घेरना
okružiti, opkoljivati körülvesz mengepung
umlykja circondare 囲む
둘러싸다 (ap)supti apņemt; ieskaut
mengelilingi; mengepung; omringen omgi, omringe
otoczyć, oblegać احاطه كردن احاطه کول
cercar aînconjura окружать
obklopiť obdajati okružiti
omge, omringa ล้อมรอบ çevrelemek, kuşatmak
包圍，圍繞 оточувати; обступати احاطہ کرنا، گھیرنا
vây quanh 包围，围绕
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Definitions of surround 
Afrikaans: omring
Arabic: يُحيط، يُطَوِّقُ
Bulgarian: заобикалям
Brazilian: cercar
Czech: obklopit
German: umbegen
Danish: omgive; omringe
Greek: περικυκλώνω, περιβάλλομαι
Spanish: rodear; cercar, sitiar; e
Estonian: ümbritsema, ümber piirama
Farsi: احاطه كردن
Finnish: ympäröidä
French: entourer
Hebrew: לְהָקִיף
Hindi: चारों ओर से घेरना
Croatian: okružiti, opkoljivati
Hungarian: körülvesz
Indonesian: mengepung
Icelandic: umlykja
Italian: circondare
Japanese: 囲む
Korean: 둘러싸다
Lithuanian: (ap)supti
Latvian: apņemt; ieskaut
Malay: mengelilingi; mengepung; 
Dutch: omringen
Norwegian: omgi, omringe
Polish: otoczyć, oblegać
Persian: احاطه كردن
Pashto: احاطه کول
Portuguese: cercar
Romanian: aînconjura
Russian: окружать
Slovak: obklopiť
Slovenian: obdajati
Serbian: okružiti
Swedish: omge, omringa
Thai: ล้อมรอบ
Turkish: çevrelemek, kuşatmak
Taiwanese: 包圍，圍繞
Ukrainian: оточувати; обступати
Urdu: احاطہ کرنا، گھیرنا
Vietnamese: vây quanh
Chinese: 包围，围绕
