SURROUND

/səˈɹaʊnd/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 12

Scrabble letter values: S1U1R1R1O1U1N1D2 = 9

Definition

  1. noun the area in which something exists or lives. — synonyms: environment, environs, surroundings
  2. verb extend on all sides of simultaneously. — synonyms: environ, ring, skirt, border
  3. verb envelop completely. — synonyms: smother
  4. verb surround so as to force to give up. — synonyms: besiege, beleaguer, hem_in, circumvent
  5. verb surround with a wall in order to fortify. — synonyms: wall, palisade, fence, fence_in

Examples

  • “the country--the flat agricultural surround”
  • “encircle”
  • “The forest surrounds my property”

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