Definition of surround

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Surround (v. t.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city..

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Endodermis :: Endodermis (n.) A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle..
Surrounding :: Surround (n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc..
Portal :: Portal (n.) By analogy with the French portail, used by recent writers for the whole architectural composition which surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a church..
Interglobular :: Interglobular (a.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
Palisade :: Palisade (v. t.) To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades..
Circumferentially :: Circumferentially (adv.) So as to surround or encircle.
Moat :: Moat (v. t.) To surround with a moat.
Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Cementation :: Cementation (n.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand..
Left :: Left (n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North..
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter..
Bathe :: Bathe (v. t.) To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed..
Enlacement :: Enlacement (n.) The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace..
Sphincter :: Sphincter (n.) A muscle which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as, the sphincter of the bladder..
Podium :: Podium (n.) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began..
Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
Wreathe :: Wreathe (n.) To surround with anything twisted or convolved; to encircle; to infold.
Micropyle :: Micropyle (n.) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted..
Protuberation :: Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
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