| VERB | contact | encircle, circle | form a circle around |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | encircle, gird | bind with something round or circular |
| Sounds | ehnser'kahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | form a circle around. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "encircle the errors" | |
| Synonym | circle | |
| Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
| Spanish | circular, rodear | |
| Nouns | encirclement | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy / enemy |
| Meaning | Bind with something round or circular. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | gird | |
| Narrower | hoop | Bind or fasten with a hoop |
| Broader | bind | make fast |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar | |
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