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surrounded
sur·round S0919800 (sə-round′)tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle: the magnetic field that surrounds the earth.2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication: The police surrounded the house.n.1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.2. a. The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.b. often surrounds Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" (Listener).3. A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.
[Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre : Latin super-, super- + Latin undāre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave; see wed- in Indo-European roots).]surrounded- involve - First meant "enfold, surround, wrap."
- enclave, exclave - An enclave is a group or area different from the surroundings, a secured area within another secured area, from Latin clavis, "key"; an exclave is the same thing, but usually describes a portion of a country separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.
- woebegone - Begone in woebegone means "beset" or "surrounded," so the word means "beset by woe."
- glade - Originally referred to a part of water not frozen over, but surrounded by ice, drawing an analogy to the same word for an opening in the woods.
Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | surrounded - confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers"encircledenclosed - closed in or surrounded or included within; "an enclosed porch"; "an enclosed yard"; "the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling" |
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