surround meaning
EN[səˈɹaʊnd] [-aʊnd]US
- NounPLsurroundsPREsur-
- VerbSGsurroundsPRsurroundingPT, PPsurrounded
- (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
- (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
- to surround the world
- (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- At a postpreview notes session last week, Mr. Schumacher sat surrounded by cast members in a semicircle, like a shepherd and his flock.
- Placentas and endometrial tissue was collected at 52–55 days of pregnancy by surgical embryectomy which involved removal of the entire conceptus and surrounding endometrial tissue.
- According to the process that may have formed the Solar System planets, the surrounding discs of material around the gas giants gradually coalesced into moons.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of surround in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
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- Nouns
- en surrounded
- en surrounding
- en surroundings
- en surrounds
- en surrounder
Source: Wiktionary