surrounds [suh-round]
Main Entry:
surround [suh-round]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose, encircle something
Synonyms: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close in, close in on, compass, confine, edge, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, lay siege to, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge
Antonyms: free, let go, release
Main Entry: approach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come nearer
Synonyms: advance, approximate, be comparable to, be like, bear, belly up to, border, buzz*, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move in on, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon
Antonyms: depart, distance, go away, leave
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: blanket
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cover
Synonyms: bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, suppress, surround
Antonyms: lay bare, uncover
Main Entry: border
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bound on; be on the edge
Synonyms: abut, adjoin, be adjacent to, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge
Notes: a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary
Antonyms: be inside, center
Main Entry: bound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: restrict
Synonyms: circumscribe, confine, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, encircle, enclose, hem in, limit, mark, mark out, measure, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate
Antonyms: allow, let go, permit, unbind, unrestrict
Main Entry: circle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, circumnavigate
Synonyms: begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about
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
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