Overview of verb surround

The verb surround has 4 senses

• surround, environ, ring, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")


• smother, surround -- (envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy")


• besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent -- (surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna")


• wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround -- (surround with a wall in order to fortify)

Overview of adj surrounded

The adj surrounded has 1 sense

• surrounded, encircled -- (confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers")