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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
surround
n 1: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--
the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment,
environs, surroundings, surround]
v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The
forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ,
ring, skirt, border]
2: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn:
smother, surround]
3: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent]
4: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall,
palisade, fence, fence in, surround]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Surround \Sur*round"\, n.
A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by
surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a
ravine, etc. [U.S.] --Baird.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Surround \Sur*round"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrounded; p. pr.
& vb. n. Surrounding.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL.
superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves,
overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the
influence of E. round. See Super-, and Undulate, and cf.
Abound.]
1. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
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2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall
surrounds the city.
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But could instead, and ever-during dark
Surrounds me. --Milton.
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3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to
surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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4. (Mil.) 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.
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Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence
about.
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Thesaurus Results for surround:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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