surrounded

Adjective
Synonyms: encircled

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. confined on all sides“a camp surrounded by enemies”“the encircled pioneers”Synonyms: encircled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Surround \Sur*round"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrounding.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL. superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the influence of E. round. See Super-, and Undulate, and cf. Abound.]

1.To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. [1913 Webster]

2.To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. [1913 Webster]

But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

4.(Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. [1913 Webster]

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