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- Dictionarysurround/səˈraʊnd/
verb
- 1. be all round (someone or something): "the hotel is surrounded by its own gardens"
noun
- 1. a thing that forms a border or edging round an object: "an oak fireplace surround"
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to be around something on all sides: Snow-capped mountains surround the city. The house was surrounded by dense woods. To surround something also means to have to do with it or to result from it:
The meaning of SURROUND is to enclose on all sides : envelop. How to use surround in a sentence.
noun. us / səˈraʊnd / uk / səˈraʊnd /. [ C ] the area or border around something: Our bathtub has a tiled surround. surrounds [ plural ] US. the area that is near and around a place: The house is set in lush surrounds and has views of the ocean. See more.
If something or someone is surrounded by something, that thing is situated all around them.
Surround definition: to enclose on all sides; encompass. See examples of SURROUND used in a sentence.
1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround. 2. a. The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye. b. often surrounds Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" (Listener). 3.
When you think of the word surround, think of something that's around you on all sides, like the trees that surround you in a forest or the people who surround you on a city street at rush hour. Sometimes surround describes the position of troops that force the enemy to surrender.
Definition of surround verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to be or go everywhere around something or someone: The house is surrounded by a large garden. The police have surrounded the building. the surrounding countryside. Fewer examples. Huge mountains surround the city. A number of imposing building surround the market square. A layer of protective tissue surrounds the nerve.
Definition of surround noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
