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sur·round  (s-round)

tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds

1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.

1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.

2.

a. The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.

b. Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" Listener.

3. A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.

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[Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundre : Latin super-, super- + Latin undre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

Synonyms: surround, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird¹, girdle, ring¹
These verbs mean to lie around and bound on all sides: Suburbs surround the city. A crown circled the king's head. Fog compassed the mountain peak. A belt encircled her waist. A lake encompassed the island. The desert environed the oases. A deep moat girds the castle. Flower gardens girdled the bird bath. Guests ringed the coffee table.

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surround

Verb

1. to encircle or enclose (something or someone)

2. to exist around (someone or something): the family members who surround him

Noun

Chiefly Brit a border, such as the area of uncovered floor between the walls of a room and the carpet [Old French suronder]

surrounding adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	surround - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" environs, surroundings, environment ambiance, ambience - the atmosphere of an environment medium - the surrounding environment; "fish require an aqueous medium" setting, scene - the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" element - the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes" geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth habitat, home ground - the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds" melting pot - an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated parts - the local environment; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years"
Verb	1.	surround - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" border, environ, skirt, ring adjoin, contact, touch, meet - be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" fringe - decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" gird, girdle - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" cloister - surround with a cloister; "cloister the garden" inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" hem in - surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" cloister - surround with a cloister, as of a garden
	2.	surround - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" smother cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	3.	surround - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" besiege, circumvent, hem in, beleaguer attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" seal off, blockade - impose a blockade on ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
	4.	surround - surround with a wall in order to fortify palisade, wall, fence in, fence protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

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surround

verb 1. enclose, ring, encircle, encompass, envelop, close in on, fence in, girdle, hem in, environ, enwreath

verb 2. besiege, beset, lay siege to, invest (rare)

Translations

surround [səˈraund] vt → rodear, circundar;

(MIL etc) → cercar

surround [səˈraund] vt → entourer;

(Mil etc) → encercler

surround [səˈraund] vt → umgeben;

(Mil, Police etc) → umstellen

surround [səˈraund] vt → circondare;

(MIL etc) → accerchiare

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surround

v surround [səˈraund]

1 to be, or come, all round Britain is surrounded by sea; Enemy troops surrounded the town; Mystery surrounds his death.omringيُحيط، يُطَوِّقُзаобикалямobklopitomgive; omringeumbegenπερικυκλώνω, περιβάλλομαιrodear; cercar, sitiar; envolverümbritsema, ümber piiramaاحاطه كردنympäröidäentourerלְהָקִיףचारों ओर से घेरनाokružiti, opkoljivatikörülveszmengepungumlykjacircondare囲む...을 에워싸다, 포위하다(ap)suptiapņemt; ieskautmengelilingi; mengepung; menyelubungiomringenomgi, omringeotoczyć, oblegaćcercara înconjuraокружатьobklopiťobdajatiokružitiomge, omringaล้อมรอบçevrelemek, kuşatmak包圍，圍繞оточувати; обступатиاحاطہ کرنا، گھیرناvây quanh包围，围绕

2 to enclose He surrounded the castle with a high wall.omsluitيُحيطُ، يَبني سوراобграждамobehnatomgiveumbegenπερικλείωcercar, rodear, circundarümbritsemaمحاصره كردنympäröidäentourerלְכַתֵרघेरा डालना, घेर लेनाopasatikörülzármengelilingiumkringjacircondare囲む...을 둘러막다apjuostiapjozt; ietvertmengelilingiomgevenomgi, inngjerdeogrodzićcercara împrejmuiобносить; окружатьobohnaťobdatiokružitiomgärdaล้อมsarmak, etrafını çevirmek圍住обгороджуватиمحاصرہ کرناbao quanh围住

adj surˈrounding

lying or being all round the city and its surrounding suburbs.omringendمُحيطзаобикалящokolníomgivendeumbegendπου περιβάλλει ή περιστοιχίζειcircundanteümbritsevمجاورympäröiväenvironnantשֶׁמִסָבִיבआस-पास, पास-पड़ोस काokolnikörülvevősekitarnærliggjandicircostanteまわりの에워싸는, 둘러싸는aplinkinis, supantisapkārtējssekitaromliggendomkringliggende, ring-otaczającycircundanteînconjurătorокружающийokolitýokoliškiokolniomgivandeซึ่งล้อมรอบcivar, etraftaki周圍的сусідній, навколишнійگردو پیش، محیطbao quanh周围的

n pl surˈroundings

1 the area etc that is round a place a pleasant hotel in delightful surroundings.omgewingالمُحيط، المَنْطِقَه المُحيطَهоколностиokolíomgivelserdie Umgebungπεριβάλλων χώροςalrededores, cercaníasümbrusدور و برympäristöenvironsסְבִיבָהप्रतिवेशokolica, okoliškörnyéklingkunganumhverfi, næsta nágrenniambiente, dintorni環境주위의 경치apylinkėsapkārtnepersekitaranomgevingomgivelserotoczenie, okolicapaisagemîmprejurimiокрестностиokolieokolicaokruženjeomgivningarสภาพแวดล้อมçevre, muhit周圍風光околиціگردو پیش کا ماحولvùng xung quanh周围风光

2 the conditions etc in which a person, animal etc lives He was happy to be at home again in his usual surroundings.omgewingالبيئَهсредаprostředíomgivelserdie Umgebungπεριβάλλον, περίγυροςentorno, ambienteümbrus, miljööمحيطympäristöenvironnementסְבִיבָהपरिस्थिति, वातावरणokolina, susjedstvokörnyezetlingkunganumhverfiambiente状態주위의 상황, 환경aplinkavidepersekitaranomgevingmiljøśrodowiskoambientemediu înconjurătorсреда; окружениеprostredieokoljeokruženjemiljöสถานการณ์ภายนอกที่มีผลกระทบต่อการดำรงอยู่çevre, yöre環境оточення, середовищеماحولmôi trường xunh quanh环境