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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
surround
the area in which something exists or lives
- the country--the flat agricultural surround
• Syn:
environment, environs, surroundings
• Derivationally related forms:
surround (for: surroundings)
• Hypernyms:
geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
• Hyponyms:
ambiance, ambience, medium, setting, scene,
element, habitat, home ground, melting pot, parts
1. extend on all sides of simultaneously;
encircle (Freq. 6)
- The forest surrounds my property
• Syn:
environ, ring, skirt, border
• Derivationally related forms:
border (for: border), surroundings
• Hypernyms:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Hyponyms:
fringe, girdle, gird, cloister, enclose,
close in, inclose, shut in, hem in
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. envelop completely (Freq. 2)
- smother the meat in gravy
• Syn:
smother
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. surround so as to force to give up (Freq. 1)
- The Turks besieged Vienna
• Syn:
besiege, beleaguer, hem in, circumvent
• Derivationally related forms:
besieger (for: besiege)
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Hyponyms:
blockade, seal off, ebb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. surround with a wall in order to fortify
• Syn:
wall, palisade, fence, fence in
• See Also:
wall in (for: wall), wall up (for: wall)
• Derivationally related forms:
fence (for: fence), palisade (for: palisade), wall (for: wall)
• Hypernyms:
protect
• Hyponyms:
stockade, circumvallate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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