Definitions for surround

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surround sur·round

Spelling: [suh-round]

IPA: /səˈraʊnd/

Surround is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in surround (dnorrsuu).

Definitions for surround

noun

1. something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space:
2. environment or setting:
3. Hunting. a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible. the act of hunting by this means. the location encircled by hunters using this means.

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose on all sides; encompass:
2. to form an enclosure round; encircle:
3. to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.

Origin of surround

1400-50; late Middle English surounden to inundate, submerge Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder Late Latin superundāre to overflow, equivalent to Latin super- Examples for surround

The first potential scientific secret to improving your bedroom experience: surround yourself with men.

It was Mrs. Vansittart's pleasant habit to surround herself with every comfort.

And as you can see, we surround ourselves with all means of enlightenment.

Living as they do in the heart of the volatile Caucasus, Georgians are only too aware of the fires that surround them.

"surround her with a bodyguard, if you like," said the General.

Think Afghanistan and pieces of all the countries that surround it, including and especially Iran.

They must surround me, you observe, and therefore they are here.

Brittany has decided that her husband and family will, Nov. 1, in her own bed, surround her that day.

I shall place it in my room and surround it with fresh flowers.

In On Saudi Arabia, journalist Karen Elliott House describes the odd silence that seems to surround the House of Saud.