hem in

Verb
  1. Surround in a restrictive manner (synset 201610620)
    "The building was hemmed in by flowers"
    is a type of: border, environ, ring, skirt, surround - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    subtypes: hedge - hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
  2. Surround so as to force to give up (synset 201129837)
    "The Turks besieged Vienna"
    is a type of: assail, attack - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
    subtypes:
    • blockade, seal off - impose a blockade on
    • ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
    same as: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, surround

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