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How to sign: the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround";
Similiar / Same: environs, environment, surroundings
Categories: geographical area, geographical region, geographic area, geographic region
Within this category: ambiance, element, habitat, medium, melting pot, parts, setting
How to sign: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
"The forest surrounds my property";
Similiar / Same: border, skirt
Categories: adjoin, contact, meet, touch
Within this category: enclose, fringe, girdle, hem in
How to sign: envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy";
Similiar / Same: smother
Categories: cover
How to sign: surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna";
Similiar / Same: besiege, circumvent, beleaguer, hem in
Within this category: blockade, ebb
How to sign: surround with a wall in order to fortify
See also: wall in, wall up, wall in, wall up
Similiar / Same: wall, palisade, fence in, fence
Categories: protect
Within this category: circumvallate, stockade
