surround

1. v. t. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. Source: opted

2. v. t. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. Source: opted

3. v. t. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

6. n. the area in which something exists or lives Source: wordnet

7. v. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle Source: wordnet

8. v. envelop completely Source: wordnet

9. v. surround so as to force to give up Source: wordnet

10. v. surround with a wall in order to fortify Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

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