SURROUND

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