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?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say surround in sign language?

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. 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

2. Zhang Xiuhong:

   We go out and search, and then all these police surround us, nobody's watching for my daughter. Nobody's doing anything. How can we have any more hope?

3. Maurice Maeterlinck:

   We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.

4. Deanna Brooks:

   This pool and the terrace transforms into your very own night club, surround sound, your music is out here, neon lights overlooking the strip.

5. Mary Todd Lincoln:

   Clouds and darkness surround us, yet heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. Our wrongs will be made right, and we will once more taste the blessings of freedom.

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