Surround
verb
To be all around someone or something from every side.
The house was surrounded by a tall wooden fence.
Often appears as...
- surround yourself
- surround with care
verb
To cause someone or something to be enveloped or enclosed.
She was surrounded by her family as she opened her birthday presents.
Often appears as...
- surround in mystery
- surround with controversy
verb
In a military situation, to trap enemy forces.
The enemy soldiers were surrounded and captured.
Often appears as...
- surround the enemy
- surround the city
Usage tips
Negative
Military
verb
To be all around someone or something from every side.
The house was surrounded by a tall wooden fence.
Often appears as...
- surround yourself
- surround with care
verb
To cause someone or something to be enveloped or enclosed.
She was surrounded by her family as she opened her birthday presents.
Often appears as...
- surround in mystery
- surround with controversy
verb
In a military situation, to trap enemy forces.
The enemy soldiers were surrounded and captured.
Often appears as...
- surround the enemy
- surround the city
Usage tips
Negative
Military
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Refers to tangible things or people physically enveloping an area or object.
Tall trees surrounded the secluded cabin in the woods.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Immersion
Often used to describe a complete sensory experience, being immersed in stimuli.
The audience was surrounded by the concert's electrifying energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Environments
Used metaphorically to refer to the cultural or societal environment one is in.
He felt surrounded by history while walking through Rome.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Refers to tangible things or people physically enveloping an area or object.
Tall trees surrounded the secluded cabin in the woods.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Immersion
Often used to describe a complete sensory experience, being immersed in stimuli.
The audience was surrounded by the concert's electrifying energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Environments
Used metaphorically to refer to the cultural or societal environment one is in.
He felt surrounded by history while walking through Rome.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Refers to tangible things or people physically enveloping an area or object.
Tall trees surrounded the secluded cabin in the woods.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Immersion
Often used to describe a complete sensory experience, being immersed in stimuli.
The audience was surrounded by the concert's electrifying energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Environments
Used metaphorically to refer to the cultural or societal environment one is in.
He felt surrounded by history while walking through Rome.
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Is it bad to hold your...
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
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The science of...
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How a wound heals itself...
much of this surface performs similar functions, such as sweating, feeling heat and cold, and growing hair. But after a deep cut or wound, the newly healed skin will look different from the surrounding area, and may not fully regain all its abilities for a while, or at all.
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An inside look at...
dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these people here to do these things he called up other uncle's who came to the house sat me down surrounded me and berated me over and over making me feel so guilty
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The surprising cause of...
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Rethinking infidelity...
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Spider With Three Super...
This raises a few problems. Her lunch is three times her size packed with venom and surrounded by a sticky trap.
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Cell vs. virus: A battle...
a thick flexible layer made of fats and proteins, that surrounds and protects the inner components. It's semipermeable, meaning that it lets some thing pass in and out but blocks others. The cell membrane is covered with tiny projections. They all have functions, like helping cells adhere to their neighbors
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis. Surrounding this structure are several other organs
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
Wishing to be represented in the paintings they financed, these merchants preferred middle class subjects depicted in spaces that looked like their own homes surrounded by familiar objects. The maps that appear in Vermeer's paintings, for example, were considered fashionable and worldly
Video examples
The science of...
your pupils dilate, and your body releases glucose for additional energy, not because you're in danger but because your body is telling you that something important is happening. To help you focus, norepinephrine creates a sort of tunnel vision, blocking out surrounding distractions,
Video examples
How a wound heals itself...
much of this surface performs similar functions, such as sweating, feeling heat and cold, and growing hair. But after a deep cut or wound, the newly healed skin will look different from the surrounding area, and may not fully regain all its abilities for a while, or at all.
Video examples
Volcanoes 101 PIPE National...
no matter their shape or size all volcanoes emit gas and molten rock the journey of these emissions begins deep underground in the earth's core the core which can burn as hot as the surface of the sun transfers its heat to the surrounding rocky mantle
Video examples
An inside look at...
dishonored and defiled the home people pray here he said you're bringing these people here to do these things he called up other uncle's who came to the house sat me down surrounded me and berated me over and over making me feel so guilty
Video examples
The surprising cause of...
Yet H. pylori survives the acidic turmoil of the stomach with a variety of features that disrupt mucosal defense in its favor. For example, it produces an enzyme called urease that helps protect it from the surrounding gastric acid.
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Rethinking infidelity...
to surround oneself with love and with friends and activities that give back joy and meaning and identity. But even more important, is to curb the curiosity to mine for the sordid details --
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Spider With Three Super...
This raises a few problems. Her lunch is three times her size packed with venom and surrounded by a sticky trap.
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Publisher
There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.
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Luka Modric
Croatian Athlete
I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
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Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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Jaya Prada
Indian Actress
I think the world is surrounded by love.
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Marcus Garvey
Jamaican Publisher
There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I'm trying my best to keep up with all this new technology, and I surround myself with all these wonderful people that are in the know and kind of help me out with all that.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.
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Luka Modric
Croatian Athlete
I believe that I've improved a lot as a player and a person, because being surrounded by great players on a daily basis helps your development out on the pitch.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.
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Kim Kardashian
American Celebrity
Even the people I surround myself with... are wiser, a little bit older than me, where before, all my boyfriends were younger.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.
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John Wooden
American Coach
Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.
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Jaya Prada
Indian Actress
I think the world is surrounded by love.
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