verb
- Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
- usage: "The forest surrounds my property"
- Envelop completely.
- usage: "smother the meat in gravy"
- Surround so as to force to give up.
- usage: "The Turks besieged Vienna"
- synonyms: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
- Surround with a wall in order to fortify.
adjective
- Confined on all sides.
- usage: "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers"
- synonyms: encircled
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