surround

Noun
  1. The area in which something exists or lives (synset 108584764)
    "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
    is a type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    subtypes:
    • ambiance, ambience - the atmosphere of an environment
    • medium - the surrounding environment
    • scene, setting - the context and environment in which something is set
    • element - the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
    • habitat, home ground - the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
    • melting pot - an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated
    • parts - the local environment
    same as: environment, environs, surroundings
Verb
  1. Extend on all sides of simultaneously;
    Encircle (synset 201469999)
    "The forest surrounds my property"
    is a type of: adjoin, contact, meet, touch - be in direct physical contact with; make contact
    subtypes:
    same as: border, environ, ring, skirt
  2. Envelop completely (synset 201571714)
    "smother the meat in gravy"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
    same as: smother
  3. 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, hem in
  4. Surround with a wall in order to fortify (synset 201133033)
    is a type of: protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
    subtypes:
    • stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify
    • circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
    same as: fence, fence in, palisade, wall

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