the area in which something exists or lives; the country--the flat agricultural surround

[ Syn: environment , environs , surroundings ]

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; The forest surrounds my property

[ Syn: environ , ring , skirt , border ]

envelop completely; smother the meat in gravy

[ Syn: smother ]

surround so as to force to give up; The Turks besieged Vienna

[ Syn: besiege , beleaguer , hem in , circumvent ]

surround with a wall in order to fortify

[ Syn: wall , palisade , fence , fence in ]