What does surround mean?
Definitions for surround
səˈraʊndsur·round
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Princeton's WordNet
environment, environs, surroundings, surround(verb)
the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
surround, environ, ring, skirt, border(verb)
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
smother, surround(verb)
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent(verb)
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround(verb)
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Wiktionary
surround(Noun)
Anything, such as a fence or border that surrounds something.
Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.
surround(Verb)
To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.
Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.
surround(Verb)
To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
Etymology: From soronder, from superundare, from super + undare.
Webster Dictionary
Surround(verb)
to inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ
Surround(verb)
to lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city
Surround(verb)
to pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world
Surround(verb)
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
Surround(noun)
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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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
The serious thing about this attack was that it was very well planned and orchestrated, with a military-style strategy, this was planned. A lot of gunmen were involved. They blocked the highway to surround them (police) and attack with military superiority.
Four is social leadership, who do you surround yourself with -- and investing in the right relationships.I started cutting out negative people in my life.
What we have here is what we call an acoustic hologram - or what we have called an acoustic hologram because I think it's the first time it has been used, a traditional hologram it's made of light and you have flat surfaces. Nonetheless it creates a 3D light field. If you remember Star Wars you can see the robot R2D2 and it's broadcasting a 3D spaceship, even from a flat surface. So this is exactly the same; we have a flat surface and we are creating a 3D acoustic field that can surround the particle.
Had it happened an hour later it would have been much worse, had it happened five hours earlier or four hours earlier, I think the death toll would have been more than a thousand. Construction cranes surround the Grand Mosque, which is undergoing expansions to make the pilgrimage more manageable, he said.
If you inhabit a positive mindset. You will surround yourself with positive encounters that build an empire of possibilities. Thus, desist from negative thoughts. For, a negative mindset is bound to utter negative words. And that must at the long run yield a negative outcome. So, inspite of your current hardships or challenges dare to think positively. Because, it pays incredibly. -Emeasoba George
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- أحاط, طوق, لفArabic
- circumdar, voltar, rodejar, envoltarCatalan, Valencian
- obehnat, obklopit, obklíčitCzech
- omringeDanish
- umgeben, umringen, umzingelnGerman
- περικλείωGreek
- circundar, envolver, cercarSpanish
- ympäröidä, saartaa, piirittääFinnish
- entourer, enceindreFrench
- omjaanWestern Frisian
- cuairtichScottish Gaelic
- körbeveszHungarian
- circondare, assediare, accerchiareItalian
- 取り巻く, 囲む, 包囲Japanese
- circumeo, circueoLatin
- ómgaeveLimburgish, Limburgan, Limburger
- whakaawhiMāori
- insluiten, omsingelen, omgeven, omsluiten, omcirkelen, omringenDutch
- otaczaćPolish
- cercar, contornarPortuguese
- înconjuraRomanian
- окружа́ть, окружи́тьRussian
- omge, omringaSwedish
- оточуватиUkrainian
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