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extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
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environ,
ring,
skirt,
border |
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contact,
adjoin,
meet,
touch attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter"
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fringe decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe; "fur fringed the hem of the dress"
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girdle,
gird put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins"
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cloister seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
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shut in,
close in,
inclose,
enclose advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
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hem in surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers"
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cloister seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister; "She cloistered herself in the office"
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| surround -
surround with a wall in order to fortify
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wall,
palisade,
fence,
fence in |
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protect shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
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wall in,
wall up enclose with a wall
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stockade surround with a stockade in order to fortify
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circumvallate surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
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| surround -
surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
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besiege,
beleaguer,
hem in,
circumvent |
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assail,
attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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seal off,
blockade impose a blockade on
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ebb fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
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| surround -
envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
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smother |
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cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
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