Noun
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the area in which something exists or lives
"the country--the flat agricultural surround"
Verb
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surround with a wall in order to fortify
- fence in -
surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
- hem in -
envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
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extend on all sides of simultaneously
encircle
"The forest surrounds my property"