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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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SURROUND definition: 1. to be everywhere around something: 2. the area or border around something: 3. the area that is…. Learn more.
The meaning of SURROUND is to enclose on all sides : envelop. How to use surround in a sentence.
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:
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.
The circumstances, feelings, or ideas which surround something are those that are closely associated with it. The decision had been agreed in principle, but some controversy surrounded it. [ VERB noun ]
verb (used with object) to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters. to form an enclosure around; encircle: A stone wall surrounds the estate. to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.
Definition of surround verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat. n. Architecture something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space: a tile surround for the shower stall. environment or setting: The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant. Sport [ Hunting.]
