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as a verb: - 1
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surround
noun
1 surround
The area in which something exists or lives:
— The country--the flat agricultural surround.
synonyms: environment, environs, surroundings.
Dutch: omgeving, environments, omstreken, milieu
Polish: otoczenie
verb
1 surround
Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle:
— The forest surrounds my property.
synonyms: border, environ, ring, skirt.
Roget 227:
lie around
etc.
adv.;
surround,
beset,
compass,
encompass,
environ,
inclose,
enclose,
encircle,
embrace,
circumvent,
lap,
gird;
belt;
begird,
engird†;
skirt,
twine round;
hem in
etc.
(circumscribe)
229.
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Dutch: omcirkelen, insluiten, omgeven, omleggen, omringen, omsluiten, omtrekken
2 surround
Envelop completely.
synonym: smother.
Dutch: stikken
3 surround
4 surround
Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
synonyms: fence, fence in, palisade, wall.
Roget 229:
circumscribe,
limit,
bound,
confine,
inclose;
surround
etc.
227;
compass about;
imprison
etc.
(restrain)
751;
hedge in,
wall in,
rail in;
fence round,
fence in,
hedge round;
picket;
corral.
enfold,
bury,
encase,
incase†,
pack up,
enshrine,
inclasp†;
wrap up
etc.
(invest)
225;
embay†,
embosom†.
containment
(inclusion)
76.
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Dutch: omheinen
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