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surround

sur·round

UK/səˈɹaʊnd/ US/sɜrˈaʊnd/ fairly common uk
verb (5) noun (1)

verb

1.

be around

  • “Developments surround the town”
  • “The river encircles the village”
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2.

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

  • “The forest surrounds my property”
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3.

envelop completely

  • “smother the meat in gravy”
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4.

surround so as to force to give up

  • “The Turks besieged Vienna”
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5.

noun

1.

the area in which something exists or lives

  • “the country--the flat agricultural surround”
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Origin

From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

Phrases

  • surround and drown

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