Thesaurus: surround

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1. v. t. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
2. v. t. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
3. v. t. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
4. v. t. 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.
5. n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
6. n. the area in which something exists or lives
7. v. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
8. v. envelop completely
9. v. surround so as to force to give up
10. v. surround with a wall in order to fortify
11. 1. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. 2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me. Milton. 3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.] Fuller. 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. Syn. -- To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc. [U.S.] Baird.
12. To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so asto cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.