surround
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle French soronder, from Late Latin superundare, from super + undare.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
surround (third-person singular simple present surrounds, present participle surrounding, simple past and past participle surrounded)
- (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
- (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
Translations [edit]
to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions
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to enclose to prevent escape
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Noun [edit]
surround (plural surrounds)
- (UK) 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.
- 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:
