Surround: alternatives and connections

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

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To surround with a rampart or wall.

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An inclosed place.

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The European bunting.

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To inclose. See Inclose.

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An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven fabric; but mor…

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A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

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A griddle.

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To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

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A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fort…

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To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.

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One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.

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That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

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The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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of Set

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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge…

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A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

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The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.

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Act of environing; state of being environed.

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The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

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A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground…

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To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.

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The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

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To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

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A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot; a wale.

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