SURROUND

• (noun) the area in which something exists or lives

  "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

  synonyms : environment , environs , surroundings

• (verb) surround so as to force to give up

  "The Turks besieged Vienna"

  synonyms : beleaguer , besiege , circumvent , hem in

  the clown was beleaguered by all the children into doing the peel-slip routine once again. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify

  synonyms : fence , fence in , palisade , wall

• (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

  "The forest surrounds my property"

  synonyms : border , environ , ring , skirt

  The fence environed the compound. -added by priyavanjeri

• (verb) envelop completely

  "smother the meat in gravy"

  synonyms : smother

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