verb, noun
verb [VN] ~ sth/sb (with sth)
1 to be all around sth/sb:
Tall trees surround the lake. * The lake is surrounded with / by trees. * the membranes surrounding the brain * As a child I was surrounded by love and kindness.
2 ~ sb/sth (with sb/sth) to move into position all around sb/sth, especially so as to prevent them from escaping; to move sb/sth into position in this way:
Police surrounded the building. * They've surrounded the building with police.
3 to be closely connected with sth/sb:
publicity surrounding the divorce
4 ~ yourself with sb/sth to choose to have particular people or things near you all the time:
I like to surround myself with beautiful things.
noun a border or an area around the edge of sth, especially one that is decorated:
a fireplace with a tiled surround
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for surround is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does surround appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — surround appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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