What does surround mean?
Definitions for surround
səˈraʊndsur·round
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word surround.
Princeton's WordNet
environment, environs, surroundings, surroundverb
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
smother, surroundverb
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumventverb
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Wiktionary
surroundnoun
Anything, such as a fence or border that surrounds something.
surroundverb
To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.
surroundverb
To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.
Webster Dictionary
Surroundverb
to inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ
Surroundverb
to lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city
Surroundverb
to pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world
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
Surroundnoun
a method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc
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Surround
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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
surround
In sieges, to invest; in tactics, to outflank and cut off the means of retreating.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'surround' in Verbs Frequency: #433
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of surround in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of surround in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of surround in a Sentence
This is an indication that there is at least some desire from the people that surround the (vice president) that this process of getting him into the race has escalated.
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
Surround yourself with people who are brilliant at what they do, who share your vision, and who are brave enough to disagree with you. And put your trust in them.
Obama is deep, deep down an intellectual, he is a product of the Ivy Leagues and it makes perfectly reasonable sense why he chooses to surround himself with these type of people.
Best thing we can do for them is surround them with adults who are vaccinated, and surround them with people who are masking and keep their masks on as much as possible.
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- أحاط, طوق, لفArabic
- circumdar, envoltar, rodejar, voltarCatalan, Valencian
- obehnat, obklopit, obklíčitCzech
- omringeDanish
- umringen, umgeben, umzingelnGerman
- περικλείωGreek
- envolver, cercar, circundarSpanish
- piirittää, ympäröidä, saartaaFinnish
- entourer, enceindreFrench
- omjaanWestern Frisian
- cuairtichScottish Gaelic
- körbeveszHungarian
- accerchiare, circondare, assediareItalian
- 取り巻く, 包囲, 囲むJapanese
- circumeo, circueoLatin
- ómgaeveLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- whakaawhiMāori
- omcirkelen, omringen, insluiten, omsingelen, omsluiten, omgevenDutch
- otaczaćPolish
- contornar, cercarPortuguese
- înconjuraRomanian
- окружи́ть, окружа́тьRussian
- omringa, omgeSwedish
- оточуватиUkrainian
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