Definitions for surround
səˈraʊndsur·round

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

1. environment, environs, surroundings, surround(verb)

   the area in which something exists or lives

   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

2. surround, environ, ring, skirt, border(verb)

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

3. smother, surround(verb)

   envelop completely

   "smother the meat in gravy"

4. besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent(verb)

   surround so as to force to give up

   "The Turks besieged Vienna"

5. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround(verb)

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. surround(Noun)

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

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

2. surround(Verb)

   To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.

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

3. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Surround(verb)

   to inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ

2. Surround(verb)

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

3. Surround(verb)

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

4. 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

5. 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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)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.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

How to pronounce surround?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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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. Raul Benitez:

   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.

2. Jason Redman:

   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.

3. Asier Marzo:

   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.

4. Khaled Al-Maeena:

   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.

5. Emeasoba George:

   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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