Definitions of surround [əˈraʊnd]
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1. (v.t.) surround
to enclose on all sides; encompass:
surrounded by admirers.
2. surround
to form an enclosure round; encircle.
3. surround
to exist around or accompany; attend:
An aura of mystery surrounds her.
4. surround
to enclose so as to cut off communication or retreat .
5. surround
to cause to be enclosed, encircled, or attended:
surrounding himself with friends.
6. (n.) surround
something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an 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
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
2. (verb) surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
3. (verb) smother, surround
envelop completely
"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
to be or move all around sb or sth
His fans surrounded him.; Troops had surrounded the small village.
Definition of 'surround'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) surround
a method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc
2. (verb) surround
to inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ
3. (verb) surround
to lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city
4. (verb) surround
to pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world
5. (verb) surround
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
Sense: to be, or come, all round
Britain is surrounded by sea; Enemy troops surrounded the town; Mystery surrounds his death.
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
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