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Definitions for Surrounded
[1] to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
[2] to form an enclosure round; encircle: A stone wall surrounds the estate.
[3] to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.
[4] something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall.
[5] environment or setting: The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant.
[6] Hunting . a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible. the act of hunting by this means. the location encircled by hunters using this means.
[7] to encircle or enclose or cause to be encircled or enclosed
[8] to deploy forces on all sides of (a place or military formation), so preventing access or retreat
[9] to exist around I dislike the people who surround her
[10] mainly British a border, esp the area of uncovered floor between the walls of a room and the carpet or around an opening or panel
[11] mainly US a method of capturing wild beasts by encircling the area in which they are believed to be the area so encircled
Words related to Surrounded
surroundringed, enclosed, encompassed
Words nearby Surrounded
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Origin of Surrounded
1400–50; late Middle English surounden to inundate, submerge < Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder < Late Latin superundāre to overflow, equivalent to Latin super- super- + undāre to flood, derivative of unda wave (see undulate); current spelling by analysis as sur-1 + round1 (v.)
Other words from Surrounded
pre·sur·round , verb (used with object)
un·sur·round·ed , adjective
Word origin for Surrounded
C15 surrounden to overflow, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre, from Latin super- + undāre to abound, from unda a wave
Synonyms for Surrounded
ringed, enclosed, encompassed, enveloped, fenced, hedged, fenced in