environ

Main Entry:
environ [en-vahy-ruhn, -vahy-ern]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be around
Synonyms: circumscribe, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, fence, limit, surround
Main Entry: beset
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plague; hem in
Synonyms: aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround
Main Entry: besiege
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround; assault
Synonyms: assail, attack, beleaguer, beset, blockade, come at from all sides, confine, congregate, encircle, encompass, environ, hem in, invest, lay siege to, shut in, trap, work on, work over
Antonyms: leave alone
Main Entry: circumscribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mark off, delimit
Synonyms: bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel
Antonyms: free, loose, open
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose
Synonyms: beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround
Main Entry: encircle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: circumscribe
Synonyms: band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe
Antonyms: let go, unloose
Main Entry: enclose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put inside, surround
Synonyms: block off, blockade, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off, hedge, hem in, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, pen, restrict, set apart, shut in, veil, wall in, wrap
Antonyms: free, let go, release, unloose
Main Entry: encompass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround, circumscribe
Synonyms: beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring
Main Entry: gird
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encircle; strengthen
Synonyms: band, belt, bind, block, blockade, bolster, brace, buttress, cincture, circle, enclose, encompass, enfold, environ, fasten, fortify, girdle, hem in, make ready, pen, prepare, ready, reinforce, ring, round, secure, steel, support, surround
Antonyms: let go, weaken
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