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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
surround \surround"\, 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.
1913 webster
2. to lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall
surrounds the city.
1913 webster
but could instead, and ever-during dark
surrounds me. --milton.
1913 webster
3. to pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to
surround the world. obs. --fuller.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
syn: to encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence
about.
1913 webster
see also:
surrounded surrounding super- undulate abound
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
surrounded
adj : confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the
encircled pioneers" syn: encircled
see also:
encircled
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "surrounded":
circumscribed, circumscript, compassed, defined, definite,
delimited, demarcated, determinate, determined, encircled,
enclosed, encompassed, enfolded, enveloped, environed, fixed,
hedged about, lapped, set, specific, stated, wrapped, wreathed
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