English verb: surround |
1. | surround (contact) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle |
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| Samples | The forest surrounds my property.
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| Synonyms | border, environ, ring, skirt |
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| Pattern of use | Something ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjoin, contact, meet, touch |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cloister, cloister, close in, enclose, fringe, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, shut in |
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2. | surround (contact) envelop completely |
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| Samples | Smother the meat in gravy.
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| Synonyms | smother |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cover |
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3. | surround (competition) surround so as to force to give up |
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| Samples | The Turks besieged Vienna.
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| Synonyms | beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | assail, attack |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blockade, ebb, seal off |
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4. | surround (competition) surround with a wall in order to fortify |
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| Synonyms | fence, fence in, palisade, wall |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | protect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | circumvallate, stockade |
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