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Definition of Surround

1. Verb. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. "The forest surrounds my property"

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

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

4. Verb. Surround so as to force to give up. "The Turks besieged Vienna"

5. Verb. Surround with a wall in order to fortify.

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

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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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