to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
2.
to form an enclosure round; encircle: A stone wall surrounds the estate.
3.
to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.
–noun
4.
something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall.
5.
environment or setting: The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant.
6.
Hunting.
a.
a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible.
b.
the act of hunting by this means.
c.
the location encircled by hunters using this means.
Origin: 1400–50; late ME surounden to inundate, submerge < AF surounder, MF s(o)ronder < LL superundāre to overflow, equiv. to L super-super-+ undāre to flood, deriv. of unda wave (see undulate); current sp. by analysis as sur-1+ round1(v.)
To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.
n.
Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.
The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.
Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me"(Listener).
A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.
[Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre : Latin super-, super- + Latin undāre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots).]
Synonyms: These verbs mean to lie around and bound on all sides: Suburbs surround the city. A crown circled the king's head. Fog compassed the mountain peak. A belt encircled her waist. A lake encompassed the island. The desert environed the oases. A deep moat girds the castle. Flower gardens girdled the bird bath. Guests ringed the coffee table.
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