Surround (Jon Bauer album)
WordNet

noun


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

verb


(2)   Surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
(3)   Surround with a wall in order to fortify
(4)   Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"
(5)   Envelop completely
"Smother the meat in gravy"
(6)   Be around
"Developments surround the town"
"The river encircles the village"
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Etymology


From soronder, from superundare (super + undare).

Verb



  1. To encircle or simultaneously extend on all sides of something.
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.
      and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.
  2. To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

Noun


surround
  1. : Anything, such as a fence or border that surrounds something.
 
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