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surround
(s/@/'r/AU/nd )

noun (n)

  • the area in which something exists or lives(noun.location)
    Example:
    The country--the flat agricultural surround.
    Synonym:
    environment, environs, surroundings
    source: wordnet30
  • A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The forest surrounds my property.
    Synonym:
    border, environ, ring, skirt
    source: wordnet30
  • envelop completely(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    smother
    source: wordnet30
  • surround so as to force to give up(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in
    source: wordnet30
  • surround with a wall in order to fortify(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    fence, fence in, palisade, wall
    source: wordnet30
  • To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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