English
surround
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /səˈɹaʊnd/
Verb

surround (surrounds, present participle surrounding; past and past participle surrounded)

  1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.
      and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.
  2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
    to surround the world
Synonyms Translations Translations Noun

surround (plural surrounds)

  1. (British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
    • 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:
      He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.
      It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.


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