Surround - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |səˈraʊnd|  American pronunciation of the word surround
Brit.  |səˈraʊnd|  British pronunciation of the word surround

noun

- the area in which something exists or lives (syn: environment, environs, surroundings)
the country--the flat agricultural surround

verb

- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle (syn: border, environ, ring, skirt)
The forest surrounds my property
- envelop completely (syn: smother)
- surround so as to force to give up (syn: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in)
- surround with a wall in order to fortify (syn: fence, fence in, palisade, wall)

Extra examples

...the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him...

The field was surrounded by trees.

He glared at the people who surrounded the tent.

Armed police surrounded a house in the High Street.

Some of the issues surrounding alcohol abuse are very complex.

Silence and secrecy surround the murder.

The forest surrounds my property

Concrete barriers surround the race track to protect spectators.

...scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them...

...the four museum buildings surround a quadrate courtyard that is formally landscaped...

Surround this layout, lads, and let's examine them more closely. (A. Adams)

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: surround
he/she/it: surrounds
present participle: surrounding
past tense: surrounded
past participle: surrounded
noun
singular: surround
plural: surrounds
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