surround meaning and definition

SURROUND noun

Definition of surround (noun)

1. the area in which something exists or lives
   • "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
   • synonyms: environment, environs, surroundings

SURROUND verb

Definition of surround (verb)

1. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   • "The forest surrounds my property"
   • synonyms: border, environ, ring, skirt
2. envelop completely
   • "smother the meat in gravy"
   • synonyms: smother
3. surround so as to force to give up
   • "The Turks besieged Vienna"
   • synonyms: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in
4. surround with a wall in order to fortify
   • synonyms: fence, fence in, palisade, wall