1. • noun - the area in which something exists or lives
   • verb - extend on all sides of simultaneously
   • verb - envelop completely
   • verb - surround so as to force to give up
   • verb - surround with a wall in order to fortify
2. • To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
   • To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.
   • Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.
   • The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.
   • Surroundings; environment: “It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me” (Listener).
   • The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to lie around and bound on all sides”: a city surrounded by suburbs; a crown circling a king’s head; a mountain peak compassed by fog; a belt encircling her waist; a lake that encompasses an island; oases environed by the desert; a castle girded by a moat; gardens girdling a bird bath; a dinner table ringed with guests.
3. • v - to extend completely around

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