Word Study
surrey |
surrogate |
surrogate mother |
surrogateship |
surrogation |
surround
| surrounded
| surrounding
| surroundings
| surrow
| surroyal
HYPHEN
COUNT IN NET
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS
surround
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun surround has 1 sense
- surround(n = noun.location) environment, environs, surroundings - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" has particulars: ambiance, ambience, medium, scene, setting, element, habitat, home ground, melting pot, parts
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
Derived forms verb surround4, verb surround1
Verb surround has 4 senses
- surround(v = verb.contact) border, environ, ring, skirt - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" is one way to adjoin, contact, meet, touch
- surround(v = verb.contact) smother - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" is one way to cover
- surround(v = verb.competition) beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna" is one way to assail, attack
- surround(v = verb.competition) fence, fence in, palisade, wall - surround with a wall in order to fortify; Array is one way to protect
Derived forms noun surround1, noun surroundings2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun surround1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
surround, v. t. [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.].
- To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. [1913 Webster]
- 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." [1913 Webster] - To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
surround, n.
A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. Baird. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
surround, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 come or be all round; encircle, enclose.
2 (in passive; foll. by by, with) have on all sides (the house is surrounded by trees).
--n.
1 Brit. a a border or edging, esp. an area between the walls and carpet of a room. b a floor-covering for this.
2 an area or substance surrounding something.
--v.tr.
1 come or be all round; encircle, enclose.
2 (in passive; foll. by by, with) have on all sides (the house is surrounded by trees).
--n.
1 Brit. a a border or edging, esp. an area between the walls and carpet of a room. b a floor-covering for this.
2 an area or substance surrounding something.
Derivative
surrounding adj.
Etymology
ME = overflow, f. AF sur(o)under, OF s(o)uronder f. LL superundare (as SUPER-, undare flow f. unda wave)
THESAURUS
surround
ambiance, ambience, atmosphere, begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box, box in, cage, carry, case, chamber, circle, circle in, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumscribe, circumvent, close, close in, close the circle, come full circle, compass, compass about, comprise, confine, consume, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, cover, crate, cycle, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, describe a circle, determine, devour, dispatch, dispose of, divide, down, eat up, edge, embay, embed, embosom, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle, enclasp, enclave, enclose, encompass, enfold, enshrine, enshroud, envelop, environ, environment, environs, enwrap, extend, fence in, fix, flank, fringe, get away with, get down, gird, girdle, girdle the globe, go, go about, go around, go out, go round, go the round, gyre, harass, harry, hedge in, hem, hem in, hold, house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, ingest, internalize, invest, involve, jail, keep within, kennel, lap, lay off, lay siege to, leaguer, lie, limit, loop, make a circuit, margin, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, mew, mew up, orbit, outline, pack, package, pen, pen in, pocket, put away, put in, quarantine, rail in, range, reach, reach out, revolve, rim, ring, rope off, round, run, separate, set the limit, setting, sheathe, shrine, shroud, shut in, shut up, skirt, smother, soften up, span, specify, spiral, spread, stable, stake out, straddle, stretch, stretch out, surroundings, swaddle, swallow, swathe, sweep, take down, take in, thrust out, tuck in, verge, wall in, wheel, wrap, wrap about, wrap up, yard, yard upROGET THESAURUS
surround
Circumjacence
VB lie around, surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird, belt, begird, engird, skirt, twine round, hem in.Circumscription
VB circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose, surround, compass about, imprison, hedge in, wall in, rail in, fence round, fence in, hedge round, picket, corral, enfold, bury, encase, incase, pack up, enshrine, inclasp, wrap up, embay, embosom, containment (inclusion).
For further exploring for "surround" in Webster Dictionary Online
