surround

n : the area in which something exists or lives: "the

country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn: {environment},

{environs}, {surroundings}]

v 1: be around [syn: {environ}, {encircle}, {circle}, {round}, {ring}]

2: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest

surrounds my property" [syn: {skirt}, {border}]

3: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn: {smother}]

4: lay siege to [syn: {besiege}, {beleaguer}, {hem in}, {circumvent}]

5: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: {wall}, {palisade},

{fence}, {fence in}]