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- pronunciation:
- s
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verb |
| inflections: |
surrounds, surrounding, surrounded |
| definition 1: |
When something surrounds another thing, it is all around it. When trees surround a house, it means that the trees are near the house on all sides. When people surround someone, they are everywhere around them.
Fans surrounded the singer after the concert.Mountains surround the little village.- synonyms:
- circle
- similar words:
- ring, wrap
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| definition 2: |
If police surround a house, they get on each side of it in order to prevent people from escaping.
The enemy surrounded the castle and the king was forced to surrender.- synonyms:
- enclose
- similar words:
- confine, fence in
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| related words: |
contain |
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