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Surround meaning

What does “surround” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“surround” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the area in which something exists or lives.

surround

noun

  1. the area in which something exists or lives

    “the country--the flat agricultural surround”

    Synonymsenvironmentenvironssurroundings

verb

  1. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

    “The forest surrounds my property”

    Synonymsenvironringskirtborder

  2. envelop completely

    “smother the meat in gravy”

    Synonymssmother

  3. surround so as to force to give up

    “The Turks besieged Vienna”

    Synonymsbesiegebeleaguerhem incircumvent

  4. surround with a wall in order to fortify

    Synonymswallpalisadefencefence in

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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