What does encircle mean?
Definitions for encircle
ɛnˈsɜr kəlen·cir·cle
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Princeton's WordNet
encircle, circleverb
form a circle around
"encircle the errors"
gird, encircleverb
bind with something round or circular
Wiktionary
encircleverb
To surround, form a circle around.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Encircleverb
To surround; to environ; to inclose in a ring or circle; to enring.
Etymology: from circle.
That stranger-guest the Paphian realm obeys,
A realm defended with encircling seas. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. i.Beneath a sculptur’d arch he sits inthron’d;
The peers encircling, form an awful round. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
Wikipedia
Encircle
Encircle is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides support and counselling for LGBTQ+ students and their families at multiple locations in Utah.
ChatGPT
encircle
To encircle is to form a circle around something; surround completely. This can be in a physical, literal sense - such as troops encircling a city - or in a more metaphorical or abstract sense - such as feeling encircled by pressure or responsibilities.
Webster Dictionary
Encircleverb
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Encircle
en-sėrk′l, v.t. to enclose in a circle: to embrace: to pass round.—n. Encirc′ling.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
encircle
To pass around, as in a circle; to go or come round; as, the army encircled the city.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of encircle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of encircle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of encircle in a Sentence
They encircle the city almost like a boa constrictor.
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Let's block Iran's other aggression in the region, because they're doing everything. They're trying to encircle Israel with a noose of death, they're sending weapons to the Houthis. They're in Iraq. They're in Afghanistan. They're all over the place. In Yemen, of course. Let's bolster those forces to stand up to Iran's aggression in the region, and none is stronger, none is more reliable than Israel.
Essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.
The fight for Fallujah is ongoing. Right now the Iraqi Security Forces are approaching Fallujah from three directions, essentially, they encircle the city, almost like a boa constrictor, and they will then squeeze in closer and closer into that city until eventually they are able to finally clear it, as we saw in Ramadi.
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