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1. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   "The forest surrounds my property"
   - environ, ring, skirt, border
    
2. Envelop completely
   "surround the meat in gravy"
   - smother
    
3. Encircle as a military tactic
   "The Turks surrounded Vienna"
   - 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
    
2. [Brit] Anything, such as a border, frame, cover, decoration, etc, that surrounds or partly covers something

Derived forms: surrounded, surrounds, surrounding

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

Encyclopedia: Surround