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[ US /sɝˈaʊnd/ ]
[ UK /səɹˈa‍ʊnd/ ]
VERB
  1. envelop completely
    smother the meat in gravy
  2. surround so as to force to give up
    The Turks besieged Vienna
  3. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    The forest surrounds my property
  4. surround with a wall in order to fortify
NOUN
  1. the area in which something exists or lives
    the country--the flat agricultural surround

How To Use surround In A Sentence

  • They were now surrounded on all sides by a ring of excited, curious faces.
  • He slapped away a few dryads, but they still surrounded him.
  • According to the EPA, fish at the top of the aquatic food chain bioaccumulate methylmercury to a level approximately 1 million to 10 million times greater than dissolved concentrations found in surrounding waters. Field and Stream Report: The Truth about Mercury and the Fish You Eat
  • When the effused lymph is not absorbed it organizes, either forming a sort of internal cicatrix which is harder than the surrounding tissues or increasing the density of the part by augmenting the amount of plastic material within it. An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
  • Her own valuers had estimated that the property was worth £150,000 on the basis of agricultural use of the surrounding land, and virtually nothing on the basis of mining and/or landfill operations.
  • The publication of Quantum Leaps is not a fluke; rather it is an exceptionally clear manifestation of the taint, stigma, and taboo surrounding the paranormal.
  • In the sunlight, the steel surface comes alive with reflections, picking up the green of the surrounding grass.
  • Commissioned in 1963 to make a film about America's first successful quintuplet birth, Leacock and Joyce Chopra captured the quints' mother's anxiety at her sudden celebrity and the surrounding South Dakota community's eagerness to cash in on it. The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America
  • Winfrey interviewed Cruise at his mountaintop home near Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
  • Side effects of all topical treatments include allergic and contact dermatitis, depigmentation of surrounding normal skin, and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation.
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