Definitions for surround
səˈraʊndsur·round

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. environment, environs, surroundings, surroundverb

   the area in which something exists or lives

   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

2. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

3. smother, surroundverb

   envelop completely

   "smother the meat in gravy"

4. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb

   surround so as to force to give up

   "The Turks besieged Vienna"

5. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. surroundnoun

   Anything, such as a fence or border that surrounds something.

   Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.

2. surroundverb

   To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.

   Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.

3. surroundverb

   To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

   Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Surroundverb

   to inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ

2. Surroundverb

   to lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city

3. Surroundverb

   to pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world

4. Surroundverb

   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

5. Surroundnoun

   a method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Surround

   Surround is the second album from Jon Bauer.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Surround

   sur-rownd′, v.t. to go round about; to encompass, environ: to cut off from communication or retreat.—n. Surround′ing, an encompassing: (pl.) things which surround, external circumstances. [O. Fr. suronder—L. superundāre, to overflow, often confused with round.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. surround

   In sieges, to invest; in tactics, to outflank and cut off the means of retreating.

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'surround' in Verbs Frequency: #433

How to pronounce surround?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of surround in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of surround in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of surround in a Sentence

1. Alejandro Ruelas:

   As an entrepreneur, you need to focus on what you do best -- then surround yourself with people who are better than you at other areas.

2. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Love is the magnet for your spirit Sex is the breath of your love The beauty is Switch-Power of both All that surround your thoughts And run your life.

3. Ronald Reagan:

   Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.

4. Oprah Winfrey:

   Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

5. Meghan Day:

   Hibernation and isolation can feed a depressed mood, surround yourself with friends, even if you don't feel like it. Not only are you distracting yourself from your possibly blue thoughts, but being out with others provides you with opportunities for pleasure and joy.

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