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Meaning & Definition of Surround in English

English

Surround

/səraʊnd/

noun

1. The area in which something exists or lives

  • "The country--the flat agricultural surround"
synonym:
  • environment,
  • environs,
  • surroundings,
  • surround

verb

1. Extend on all sides of simultaneously

  • Encircle
  • "The forest surrounds my property"
synonym:
  • surround,
  • environ,
  • ring,
  • skirt,
  • border

2. Envelop completely

  • "Smother the meat in gravy"
synonym:
  • smother,
  • surround

3. Surround so as to force to give up

  • "The turks besieged vienna"
synonym:
  • besiege,
  • beleaguer,
  • surround,
  • hem in,
  • circumvent

4. Surround with a wall in order to fortify

synonym:
  • wall,
  • palisade,
  • fence,
  • fence in,
  • surround

Examples of using

She sat surround by her grandchildren.