surround

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

Noun

Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

Synonyms

encircle

enclose

encompass

besiege

hem in

envelop

circle

⭕

beset

beleaguer

environ

cover

close in

ring

💍

fence

around

circumvent

crowd around

confine

pervade

skirt

inclose

go around

compass about

throng

round

circumscribe

begird

go round

gird

embrace

fence in

environment

corral

gather round

smother

surroundings

envelope

✉️

round up

circumambulate

enfold

palisade

picket

hinder

hedge

girdle

frame

mob

environs

corner

border

Translations

entourer

circondare

umgeben

encercler

⭕

rodear

omringen

accerchiare

cercar

insluiten

einschließen

omgeven

umringen

cerner

cercar

circumdar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈɹaʊnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sourrounden

In summary

From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).