| VERB | contact | surround, environ, ring, skirt, border | extend on all sides of simultaneously |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | surround, smother | envelop completely | |
| competition | surround, besiege, beleaguer, hem in, circumvent | surround so as to force to give up | |
| competition | surround, wall, palisade, fence, fence in | surround with a wall in order to fortify | |
| NOUN | location | surround, environment, environs, surroundings | the area in which something exists or lives |
| Sounds | seraw'nd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abound ... wound: 56 rhymes with awnd... | |
| Meaning | The area in which something exists or lives. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the country--the flat agricultural surround" | |
| Synonyms | environment, environs, surroundings | |
| Narrower | ambiance, ambience | The atmosphere of an environment |
| element | The most favorable environment for a plant or animal | |
| habitat, home ground | The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs | |
| medium | The surrounding environment | |
| melting pot | An environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated | |
| parts | The local environment | |
| setting, scene | The context and environment in which something is set | |
| Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
| Spanish | ambiente, entorno, inmediaciones | |
| Catalan | entorn, voltant, volt, volts | |
| Verbs | surround | surround with a wall in order to fortify |
| surround | extend on all sides of simultaneously | |
| Meaning | Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The forest surrounds my property" | |
| Synonyms | environ, ring, skirt, border | |
| Narrower | cloister | Surround with a cloister |
| cloister | Surround with a cloister, as of a garden | |
| enclose, close in, inclose, shut in | Surround completely | |
| fringe | decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe | |
| girdle, gird | Put a girdle on or around | |
| hem in | Surround in a restrictive manner | |
| Broader | touch, adjoin, meet, contact | Be in direct physical contact with |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, envolver, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar, rodejar, voltar | |
| Nouns | surroundings, surround | the area in which something exists or lives |
| Meaning | envelop completely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | smother | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, encerclar, envoltar, rodejar, voltar | |
| Meaning | Surround so as to force to give up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | besiege, beleaguer, hem in, circumvent | |
| Narrower | blockade, seal off | impose a blockade on |
| ebb | hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | asediar, cercar, sitiar | |
| Catalan | assetjar | |
| Meaning | Surround with a wall in order to fortify. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | wall, palisade, fence, fence in | |
| Narrower | circumvallate | Surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification |
| stockade | Surround with a stockade in order to fortify | |
| Broader | protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage / damage |
| Spanish | cercar, circundar, murar, rodear | |
| Catalan | circumdar, emmurallar, encerclar, envoltar, murar, voltar | |
| Nouns | surround | the area in which something exists or lives |
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