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.

2. surround(Verb)

   To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.

3. surround(Verb)

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

Origin: 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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Oprah Winfrey:

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

2. Ryan Nehl:

   We don't want any of the groups to potentially surround any of the officers on site.

3. Boris Johnson:

   We will continue to tighten the squeeze on some of the oligarchs who surround Putin.

4. Sally Koch:

   Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.

5. Ronald Reagan:

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

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