Surround - Definition

n 1: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--
the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment,
environs, surroundings, surround]
v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The
forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ,
ring, skirt, border]
2: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn:
smother, surround]
3: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent]
4: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall,
palisade, fence, fence in, surround]