Verb encircle has 3 senses
  1. surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
    --1 is one way to hold, bear, carry, contain
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. encircle, circle - form a circle around; "encircle the errors"
    --2 is one way to shape, form
    Derived form: noun encirclement1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. gird, encircle - bind with something round or circular
    --3 is one way to bind
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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