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1. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   "The forest surrounds my property"
   - environ, ring, skirt, border
    
2. Envelop completely
   - smother
    
3. Surround so as to force to give up
   - besiege, beleaguer, hem in, circumvent
    
4. Surround with a wall in order to fortify
   - wall, palisade, fence, fence in

1. The area in which something exists or lives
   "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
   - environment, environs, surroundings

Derived forms: surrounds, surrounded, surrounding

Type of: adjoin, assail, attack, contact, cover, geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, meet, protect, touch

Encyclopedia: Surround