surround
Plural: surrounds
Noun
- the area in which something exists or lives
- "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
- Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
Verb
Verb Forms: surrounded, surrounding, surrounds
- To extend completely around; to encircle or encompass.
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
- "The forest surrounds my property"
- envelop completely
- surround so as to force to give up
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
- To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
Examples
- The strategy was to surround the double letter score with high-value tiles.
- to surround the world
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).
Synonyms
beleaguer, besiege, border, circumvent, environ, environment, environs, fence, fence in, hem in, palisade, ring, skirt, smother, surroundings, wall, bebay, beset, embed
Scrabble Score: 9
surround: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsurround: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surround: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary