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surround

Nouns

• (n) the area in which something exists or lives
  • the country--the flat agricultural surround
  environs, environment, surroundings,

Verbs

• (v) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
  • The forest surrounds my property
  border, environ, skirt, ring,
• (v) envelop completely
  • smother the meat in gravy
  smother,
• (v) surround so as to force to give up
  • The Turks besieged Vienna
  besiege, circumvent, beleaguer, hem in,
• (v) surround with a wall in order to fortify palisade, wall, fence in, fence,

Synonyms

environs environment surroundings border environ skirt ring smother besiege circumvent beleaguer hem in palisade wall fence in fence

See also

wall in wall up

Words of close approximity