vverb.contactextend on all sides of simultaneously; encircleSynset:border environ ring skirt surround
Examples:- The forest surrounds my property
Derivationally Related Form:surroundsurroundingsborder
Hypernyms:adjoin contact meet touch
Inherited Hypernyms:surroundtouch
Direct Hyponyms:cloisterclose inenclosefringegirdgirdlehem inincloseshut in
Full Troponyms:bagbankboxbrick inbundlecasketcloistercontainerizecorralcratedikeembattleembowerencapsulateencaseencloseenshrinefencefortifyframefringegirdleglasshedgehem inimmersepackpouchrope insackstowtrenchtuckwall in
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactenvelop completelySynset:smother surround
Examples:- smother the meat in gravy
Hypernyms:cover
Inherited Hypernyms:smothercover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The wind storms --- the area with dust and dirt (apply to: smother)
vverb.competitionsurround so as to force to give upSynset:beleaguer besiege circumvent hem in surround
Examples:- The Turks besieged Vienna
Derivationally Related Form:besieger
Hypernyms:assail attack
Inherited Hypernyms:besiegeattackcontend
Direct Hyponyms:blockadeebbseal off
Full Troponyms:blockadeebb
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitionsurround with a wall in order to fortifySynset:fence fence in palisade surround wall
Derivationally Related Form:fencesurroundpalisadewall
Hypernyms:protect
Inherited Hypernyms:wallprotectdefendprevent
Direct Hyponyms:circumvallatestockade
Full Troponyms:circumvallatestockade
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allconfined on all sidesSynset:encircled
Examples:- a camp surrounded by enemies
- the encircled pioneers
Antonyms:unenclosed
Inherited Hypernyms:surrounded
Similar to:enclosed