1. surround - noun
· the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
Synonym(s): environment, environs, surroundings
Hypernym(s): geographical_area, geographic_area, geographical_region, geographic_region
2. surround - verb
· extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
Synonym(s): environ, ring, skirt, border
Hypernym(s): touch, adjoin, meet, contact
3. surround - verb
· envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
Synonym(s): smother
Hypernym(s): cover
4. surround - verb
· surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
Synonym(s): besiege, beleaguer, hem_in, circumvent
5. surround - verb
· surround with a wall in order to fortify
Synonym(s): wall, palisade, fence, fence_in
Hypernym(s): protect
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