'Surrounded' definitions:
Definition of 'surrounded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers" [syn: surrounded, encircled]
Definition of 'Surrounded'
From: GCIDE
- Surround \Sur*round"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surrounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surrounding.] [OF. suronder to overflow, LL. superundare; fr. L. super over + undare to rise in waves, overflow, fr. unda wave. The English sense is due to the influence of E. round. See Super-, and Undulate, and cf. Abound.]
- 1. To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. [1913 Webster]
- But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mil.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To encompass; encircle; environ; invest; hem in; fence about. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surrounded'
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