surround

/sɚˈaʊnd/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   “The forest surrounds my property”
2. envelop completely
   “smother the meat in gravy”
3. surround so as to force to give up
   “The Turks besieged Vienna”
4. surround with a wall in order to fortify

noun

1. the area in which something exists or lives
   “the country--the flat agricultural surround”

Synonyms for surround

• environ
• ring
• skirt
• border
• smother
• besiege
• beleaguer
• hem in
• circumvent
• wall
• palisade
• fence
• fence in
• environment
• environs
• surroundings

Words that rhyme with surround

• round
• sound
• ground
• pound
• bound
• around
• background
• wound
• mound
• profound
• underground
• unsound
• found
• rebound
• turnaround
• crowned
• foreground
• hound
• redound
• unbound
• abound
• aground
• confound
• earthbound
• expound
• homebound
• horehound
• impound
• playground
• resound