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Adjective surrounding has 1 sense
- encompassing, surrounding - closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the surrounding countryside"
Antonym: distant (indirect, via close)
Verb surround has 5 senses
- surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring - be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
--1 is one way to hold, bear, carry, contain
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- surround, skirt, border - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
--2 is one way to touch, adjoin, meet, contact
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- smother, surround - envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
--3 is one way to cover
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- besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
--4 is one way to attack, assail
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- wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround - surround with a wall in order to fortify
--5 is one way to protect
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