Dictionary entry details
• SURROUND (noun)
Meaning:
The area in which something exists or lives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
environs; surround; environment; surroundings
Context example:
the country--the flat agricultural surround
Hypernyms ("surround" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surround"):
ambiance; ambience (the atmosphere of an environment)
parts (the local environment)
melting pot (an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated)
habitat; home ground (the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs)
element (the most favorable environment for a plant or animal)
scene; setting (the context and environment in which something is set)
medium (the surrounding environment)
• SURROUND (verb)
Meaning:
Be around
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
environ; encircle; surround; round; circle; ring
Context examples:
Developments surround the town / The river encircles the village
Hypernyms (to "surround" is one way to...):
bear; carry; contain; hold (contain or hold; have within)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "surround"):
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
Meaning:
Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
border; surround; skirt
Context example:
The forest surrounds my property
Hypernyms (to "surround" is one way to...):
adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "surround"):
fringe (decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe)
gird; girdle (put a girdle on or around)
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
hem in (surround in a restrictive manner)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Envelop completely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
smother; surround
Context example:
smother the meat in gravy
Hypernyms (to "surround" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Surround so as to force to give up
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
circumvent; besiege; beleaguer; hem in; surround
Context example:
The Turks besieged Vienna
Hypernyms (to "surround" is one way to...):
assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "surround"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Surround with a wall in order to fortify
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
palisade; wall; fence in; fence; surround
Hypernyms (to "surround" is one way to...):
protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "surround"):
circumvallate (surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification)
stockade (surround with a stockade in order to fortify)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
