Definition of Surround

1. Noun. The area in which something exists or lives. "The country--the flat agricultural surround"


2. Verb. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. "The forest surrounds my property"
Exact synonyms: Border, Environ, Ring, Skirt
Generic synonyms: Adjoin, Contact, Meet, Touch
Specialized synonyms: Fringe, Gird, Girdle, Cloister, Close In, Enclose, Inclose, Shut In, Hem In, Cloister
Derivative terms: Border, Border, Border, Surroundings

3. Verb. Envelop completely. "The wind storms surround the area with dust and dirt"; "Smother the meat in gravy"
Exact synonyms: Smother
Generic synonyms: Cover

4. Verb. Surround so as to force to give up. "The Turks besieged Vienna"
Exact synonyms: Beleaguer, Besiege, Circumvent, Hem In
Generic synonyms: Assail, Attack
Specialized synonyms: Blockade, Seal Off, Ebb
Derivative terms: Besieger

5. Verb. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
Exact synonyms: Fence, Fence In, Palisade, Wall
Generic synonyms: Protect
Specialized synonyms: Stockade, Circumvallate
Derivative terms: Fence, Palisade, Wall, Wall, Wall
Also: Wall In, Wall Up

Definition of Surround

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

2. n. A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.

Definition of Surround

1. Verb. (transitive) To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape. ¹

3. Noun. (British) Anything, such as a fence or border that surrounds something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Surround

1. to extend completely around [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surround

surrogate father
surrogate fathers
surrogate key
surrogate keys
surrogate mother
surrogate mothers
surrogate parent
surrogate parents
surrogated
surrogates
surrogateship
surrogateships
surrogating
surrogation
surrogatum
surround (current term)
surround-sound
surround sound
surround sounds
surrounded
surrounding
surrounding(a)
surroundings
surrounds
surroyal
surroyals
sursanure
sursanures
surseance

Literary usage of Surround

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"surround (rare); spec, circumambulate (rare), circumnavigate, perambulate, tour. circuit, ft course, round, circulate, circle; spec, tour, detour; ..."

2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Exciting Scenes— The Buffalo surround —The Square Chase—Hunting the Elk ... Ogle and the Sioux — Preparing for the surround—The Onslaught—Discovery of a ..."

3. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1866)
"This committee agreed to surround the Convention with the armed force, ... By taking care to surround the National Palace with these devoted men, ..."

4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... that Theodore was not powerfull enough William III. to surround it; that the Disorders of the Syrian Troops were ..."

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