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verb (used with object)
1.
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.
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Surrounds
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English surounden to inundate, submerge < Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder < Late Latin superundāre to overflow, equivalent to Latin super- super- + undāre to flood, derivative of unda wave (see undulate); current spelling by analysis as sur-1 + round1 (v.)
1400–50; late Middle English surounden to inundate, submerge < Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder < Late Latin superundāre to overflow, equivalent to Latin super- super- + undāre to flood, derivative of unda wave (see undulate); current spelling by analysis as sur-1 + round1 (v.)
Related forms
pre·sur·round, verb (used with object)
un·sur·round·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
surround
1423, "to flood, overflow," from M.Fr. soronder "to overflow, abound, surpass, dominate," from L.L. superundare "overflow," from L. super "over" (see super-) + undare "to flow in waves," from unda "wave" (see water; and cf.
EXPAND abound). Sense of "to shut in on all sides" first recorded 1616, influenced by figurative meaning in Fr. of "dominate," and by sound association with round. First record of surroundings in sense of "environment" is from 1861.
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