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ENVIRON

Dictionary entry overview: What does environ mean?

• ENVIRON (verb)
The verb ENVIRON has 1 sense:

1. be around

Familiarity information: ENVIRON used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ENVIRON (verb)

Sense 1

environ ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Be around

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

encircle; environ; surround; circle; round; ring

Context examples:

Developments surround the town / The river encircles the village

Hypernyms (to "environ" is one way to...):

bear; carry; contain; hold (contain or hold; have within)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "environ"):

twine (coil around)

wreath; wreathe (encircle with or as if with a wreath)

begird; gird; girt; girth (encircle or bind)

cloister (surround with a cloister, as of a garden)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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