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Defenition of the word surround

    • Defenition of the word surround

      • To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender.
      • To extend on all sides simultaneously.
      • lay siege to
      • the area in which something exists or lives: "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
      • envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
      • be around
      • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
      • surround with a wall in order to fortify
      • the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
      • surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
      • be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
      • the area in which something exists or lives
      • surround so as to force to give up
      • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
      • envelop completely

    Synonyms for the word surround

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

    Similar words in the surround

      • wall in
      • wall up

    Hyponyms for the word surround

      • ambiance
      • ambience
      • begird
      • blockade
      • circumvallate
      • cloister
      • close in
      • ebb
      • element
      • enclose
      • fringe
      • gird
      • girdle
      • girt
      • girth
      • habitat
      • hem in
      • home ground
      • inclose
      • medium
      • melting pot
      • parts
      • scene
      • seal off
      • setting
      • shut in
      • stockade
      • twine
      • wreath
      • wreathe

    Hypernyms for the word surround

      • adjoin
      • assail
      • attack
      • bear
      • carry
      • contact
      • contain
      • cover
      • geographic area
      • geographic region
      • geographical area
      • geographical region
      • hold
      • meet
      • protect
      • touch

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