- environment, environs, surroundings, surround - the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
--1 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
--1 has particulars:ambiance, ambience; medium; setting, scene; element; habitat, home ground; melting pot; parts Derived forms: verb surround5, verb surround2, verb surround1
- 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:Derived form: noun surround1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- surround, skirt, border - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
--2 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun surround1, noun surroundings2
Something ----s something
- smother, surround - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
--3 is one way to cover
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
--4 is one way to attack, assail
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround - surround with a wall in order to fortify
--5 is one way to protect
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun surround1
Somebody ----s something