Definition of surround

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Surround (v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city..

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Stock-blind :: Stockade (v. t.) To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade..
Ditch :: Ditch (v. t.) To surround with a ditch.
Insulate :: Insulate (v. t.) To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate..
Hymenogeny :: Hymenogeny (n.) The production of artificial membranes by contact of two fluids, as albumin and fat, by which the globules of the latter are surrounded by a thin film of the former..
Oillet :: Oillet (n.) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture..
Peritreme :: Peritreme (n.) That part of the integument of an insect which surrounds the spiracles.
Amphitheatre :: Amphitheatre (n.) Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater..
Fort :: Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification..
Perfoliate :: Perfoliate (a.) Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind..
Fortify :: Fortify (v. t.) To strengthen and secure by forts or batteries, or by surrounding with a wall or ditch or other military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces..
Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..
Around :: Around (adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town..
Web :: Web (v. t.) To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to envelop; to entangle..
Circus :: Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows..
Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To surround with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle..
Environs :: Environs (n. pl.) The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town..
Homoiothermal :: Homoiothermal (a.) Maintaining a uniform temperature; haematothermal; homothermic; -- applied to warm-bodied animals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium..
Enhalo :: Enhalo (v. t.) To surround with a halo.
Fossulate :: Fossulate (a.) Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows..
Close :: Close (v. t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey..
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