"surround" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səˈɹaʊnd/ Audio: en-us-surround.ogg [US] Forms: surrounds [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sourrounden|t=to submerge, overflow}} Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), {{der|en|frm|souronder}} Middle French souronder, {{m|frm|suronder}} suronder, {{der|en|LL.|superundō}} Late Latin superundō, {{m|la|super}} super, {{m|la|undō|t=to rise in waves}} undō (“to rise in waves”), {{m|la|unda|t=wave}} unda (“wave”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} surround (plural surrounds)
  1. (British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something. Tags: British Derived forms: surround sound
    Sense id: en-surround-en-noun-tknFW~7p Categories (other): British English

Verb

IPA: /səˈɹaʊnd/ Audio: en-us-surround.ogg [US] Forms: surrounds [present, singular, third-person], surrounding [participle, present], surrounded [participle, past], surrounded [past]
Rhymes: -aʊnd Etymology: From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sourrounden|t=to submerge, overflow}} Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), {{der|en|frm|souronder}} Middle French souronder, {{m|frm|suronder}} suronder, {{der|en|LL.|superundō}} Late Latin superundō, {{m|la|super}} super, {{m|la|undō|t=to rise in waves}} undō (“to rise in waves”), {{m|la|unda|t=wave}} unda (“wave”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} surround (third-person singular simple present surrounds, present participle surrounding, simple past and past participle surrounded)
  1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. Tags: transitive Translations (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions): κυκλόω (kuklóō) (Ancient Greek), أَحَاطَ (ʔaḥāṭa) (Arabic), حَفَّ (ḥaffa) (Arabic), طَوَّقَ (ṭawwaqa) (Arabic), շրջապատել (šrǰapatel) (Armenian), বেৰ (ber) (Assamese), আগুৰ (agur) (Assamese), əhatə etmək (Azerbaijani), əhatələmək (Azerbaijani), əhatəyə almaq (Azerbaijani), dövrələmək (Azerbaijani), dövrəyə almaq (Azerbaijani), обкръжавам (obkrǎžavam) (Bulgarian), circumdar (Catalan), rodejar (Catalan), envoltar (Catalan), voltar (Catalan), 包圍 (Chinese Mandarin), 包围 (bāowéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 圍繞 (Chinese Mandarin), 围绕 (wéirào) (Chinese Mandarin), obklopit (Czech), obehnat (Czech), omgeven (Dutch), omringen (Dutch), omcirkelen (Dutch), omsingelen (Dutch), insluiten (Dutch), ĉirkaŭi (Esperanto), ümbritsema (Estonian), ympäröidä (Finnish), entourer (French), გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) (Georgian), გარშემოხვევა (garšemoxveva) (Georgian), umgeben (German), umringen (German), 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisatjan) (Gothic), 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biwaibjan) (Gothic), περικλείω (perikleío) (Greek), घेरना (ghernā) (Hindi), körbevesz (Hungarian), umkringja (Icelandic), cirkondar (Ido), timpeallaigh (Irish), circondare (Italian), 囲む (kakomu) (Japanese), 取り巻く (torimaku) (Japanese), circumdō (Latin), circumeō (Latin), circueō (Latin), cingō (Latin), ómgaeve (Limburgish), опкружува (opkružuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), опкружи (opkruži) [perfective] (Macedonian), ചുറ്റുക (cuṟṟuka) (Malayalam), വളയുക (vaḷayuka) (Malayalam), whakaawhi (Maori), pīhao (Maori), karapoi (Maori), karapoti (Maori), korohiko (Maori), korohikohiko (Maori), ponitaka (Maori), тойруулах (tojruulax) (Mongolian), enrodar (Occitan), ymbfaran (Old English), besellan (Old English), marsuu (Oromo), چنبرلمك (çemberlemek) (Ottoman Turkish), otaczać (Polish), contornar (Portuguese), cercar (Portuguese), kanchay (Quechua), înconjura (Romanian), окружа́ть (okružátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), окружи́ть (okružítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), वेवेष्टि (veveṣṭi) (Sanskrit), cuairtich (Scottish Gaelic), circundar (Spanish), envolver (Spanish), cercar (Spanish), rodear (Spanish), omge (Swedish), wārp- (Tocharian B), wāl- (Tocharian B), оточувати (otočuvaty) (Ukrainian), оточи́ти (otočýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), retourer (Walloon), eclôre (Walloon), amgylchu (Welsh), omjaan (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-surround-en-verb-EEWyjuM4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 63 5 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 56 6 13 Disambiguation of 'to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions': 96 2 2
  2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape. Tags: transitive Translations (to enclose to prevent escape): շրջափակել (šrǰapʿakel) (Armenian), обсаждам (obsaždam) (Bulgarian), circumdar (Catalan), rodejar (Catalan), envoltar (Catalan), voltar (Catalan), 包圍 (Chinese Mandarin), 包围 (bāowéi) (Chinese Mandarin), obklíčit (Czech), omringe (Danish), omringen (Dutch), omcirkelen (Dutch), omsluiten (Dutch), omsingelen (Dutch), insluiten (Dutch), saartaa (Finnish), piirittää (Finnish), enceindre (French), cercar (Galician), encerrar (Galician), ალყის შემორტყმა (alq̇is šemorṭq̇ma) (Georgian), გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) (Georgian), umzingeln (German), umringen (German), περικυκλώνω (perikyklóno) (Greek), घेरना (ghernā) (Hindi), bekerít (Hungarian), körbevesz (Hungarian), circondare (Italian), accerchiare (Italian), assediare (Italian), 囲む (kakomu) (Japanese), 包囲する (hōi suru) (Japanese), ចោម (caom) (Khmer), ប្រចោម (prɑcaom) (Khmer), ព័ទ្ធ (poat) (Khmer), ឡោម (laom) (Khmer), ponitaka (Maori), otaczać (Polish), cercar (Portuguese), окружа́ть (okružátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), окружи́ть (okružítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cuairtich (Scottish Gaelic), omringa (Swedish), bao vây (Vietnamese), resserer (Walloon), reclôre (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-surround-en-verb-CX4jpDjP Disambiguation of 'to enclose to prevent escape': 5 88 7
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-surround-en-verb-kwKX35P7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: environ, bebay, beleaguer, beset

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions."
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ar",
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          "word": "বেৰ"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "agur",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "আগুৰ"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "əhatə etmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "əhatələmək"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "əhatəyə almaq"
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        {
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "dövrələmək"
        },
        {
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          "code": "az",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obkrǎžavam",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "обкръжавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "circumdar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "rodejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "envoltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "voltar"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "包圍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bāowéi",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "包围"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "圍繞"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wéirào",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "围绕"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "obklopit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "obehnat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "omgeven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "omringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "omcirkelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "omsingelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "insluiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ĉirkaŭi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ümbritsema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ympäröidä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "entourer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "garšemorṭq̇ma",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "გარშემორტყმა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "garšemoxveva",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "გარშემოხვევა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "umgeben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "umringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "bisatjan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "biwaibjan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perikleío",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "περικλείω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kuklóō",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "κυκλόω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ghernā",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "घेरना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "körbevesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "umkringja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "cirkondar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "timpeallaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "circondare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakomu",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "囲む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "torimaku",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "取り巻く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "circumdō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "circumeō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "circueō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "cingō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "li",
          "lang": "Limburgish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ómgaeve"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "opkružuva",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "опкружува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "opkruži",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "опкружи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cuṟṟuka",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ചുറ്റുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vaḷayuka",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "വളയുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "whakaawhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "pīhao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "karapoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "karapoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "korohiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "korohikohiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ponitaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tojruulax",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "тойруулах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "enrodar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "ymbfaran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "besellan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "marsuu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çemberlemek",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "چنبرلمك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "otaczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "contornar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "kanchay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "înconjura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okružátʹ",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "окружа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okružítʹ",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "окружи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "veveṣṭi",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "वेवेष्टि"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "cuairtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "circundar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "envolver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "rodear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "omge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "wārp-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "wāl-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "otočuvaty",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "оточувати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "otočýty",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оточи́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "retourer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "eclôre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "amgylchu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 2",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
          "word": "omjaan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape."
      ],
      "id": "en-surround-en-verb-CX4jpDjP",
      "links": [
        [
          "enclose",
          "enclose"
        ],
        [
          "confine",
          "confine"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šrǰapʿakel",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "շրջափակել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obsaždam",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "обсаждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "circumdar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "rodejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "envoltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "voltar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "包圍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bāowéi",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "包围"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "obklíčit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "omringe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "omringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "omcirkelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "omsluiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "omsingelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "insluiten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "saartaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "piirittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "enceindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "encerrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "alq̇is šemorṭq̇ma",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "ალყის შემორტყმა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "garšemorṭq̇ma",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "გარშემორტყმა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "umzingeln"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "umringen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perikyklóno",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "περικυκλώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "ghernā",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "घेरना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "bekerít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "körbevesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "circondare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "accerchiare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "assediare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakomu",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "囲む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hōi suru",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "包囲する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "caom",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "ចោម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑcaom",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "ប្រចោម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "poat",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "ព័ទ្ធ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "laom",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "ឡោម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "ponitaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "otaczać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okružátʹ",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "окружа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "okružítʹ",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "окружи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "cuairtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "omringa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "bao vây"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "resserer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 88 7",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
          "word": "reclôre"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to surround the world",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate."
      ],
      "id": "en-surround-en-verb-kwKX35P7",
      "links": [
        [
          "circumnavigate",
          "circumnavigate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/səˈɹaʊnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊnd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-surround.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-surround.ogg/En-us-surround.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-surround.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "environ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bebay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "beleaguer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "beset"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surround"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "sourrounden",
        "t": "to submerge, overflow"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "souronder"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French souronder",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "suronder"
      },
      "expansion": "suronder",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "superundō"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin superundō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "super"
      },
      "expansion": "super",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "undō",
        "t": "to rise in waves"
      },
      "expansion": "undō (“to rise in waves”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "unda",
        "t": "wave"
      },
      "expansion": "unda (“wave”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "surrounds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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    "sur‧round"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "surround sound"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283",
          "text": "He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.\nIt swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick."
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        "(British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/səˈɹaʊnd/"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊnd"
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Central Kurdish translations",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Requests for review of Old English translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
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    "Rhymes:English/aʊnd/2 syllables"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "third-person"
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    "sur‧round"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick",
          "text": "The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342",
          "text": "It took a long time for the place to warm up and to counteract the cold and enable their fingers to cope with the delicate task of moulding, the men would often surround themselves with blocks of iron heated in the furnace.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 230c",
          "text": "and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.",
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        }
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        "To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions."
      ],
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          "encircle"
        ],
        [
          "simultaneously",
          "simultaneously"
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          "extend"
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          "directions",
          "directions"
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        "(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape."
      ],
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        [
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          "enclose"
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          "confine",
          "confine"
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          "escape",
          "escape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to surround the world",
          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circumnavigate",
          "circumnavigate"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/səˈɹaʊnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊnd"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-surround.ogg",
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    {
      "word": "environ"
    },
    {
      "word": "bebay"
    },
    {
      "word": "beleaguer"
    },
    {
      "word": "beset"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḥāṭa",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "أَحَاطَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaffa",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "حَفَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭawwaqa",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "طَوَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šrǰapatel",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "շրջապատել"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "ber",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "বেৰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "agur",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "আগুৰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "əhatə etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "əhatələmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "əhatəyə almaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "dövrələmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "dövrəyə almaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obkrǎžavam",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "обкръжавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "circumdar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "rodejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "envoltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "voltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "包圍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāowéi",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "包围"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "圍繞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéirào",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "围绕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "obklopit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "obehnat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "omgeven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "omringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "omcirkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "omsingelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "insluiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ĉirkaŭi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ümbritsema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ympäröidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "entourer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garšemorṭq̇ma",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "გარშემორტყმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garšemoxveva",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "გარშემოხვევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "umgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "umringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "bisatjan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "biwaibjan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perikleío",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "περικλείω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kuklóō",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "κυκλόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ghernā",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "घेरना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "körbevesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "umkringja"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "cirkondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "timpeallaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "circondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakomu",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "囲む"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "torimaku",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "取り巻く"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "circumdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "circumeō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "circueō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "cingō"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ómgaeve"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opkružuva",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опкружува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "opkruži",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опкружи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cuṟṟuka",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ചുറ്റുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vaḷayuka",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "വളയുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "whakaawhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "pīhao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "karapoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "karapoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "korohiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "korohikohiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ponitaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tojruulax",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "тойруулах"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "enrodar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "ymbfaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "besellan"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "marsuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çemberlemek",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "چنبرلمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "otaczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "contornar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "kanchay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "înconjura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružátʹ",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "окружа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružítʹ",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "окружи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "veveṣṭi",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "वेवेष्टि"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "cuairtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "circundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "envolver"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "rodear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "omge"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "wārp-"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "wāl-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otočuvaty",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "оточувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "otočýty",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оточи́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "retourer"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "eclôre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "amgylchu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions",
      "word": "omjaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šrǰapʿakel",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "շրջափակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obsaždam",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "обсаждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "circumdar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "rodejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "envoltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "voltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "包圍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāowéi",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "包围"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "obklíčit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "omringe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "omringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "omcirkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "omsluiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "omsingelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "insluiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "saartaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "piirittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "enceindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "encerrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "alq̇is šemorṭq̇ma",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "ალყის შემორტყმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "garšemorṭq̇ma",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "გარშემორტყმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "umzingeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "umringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perikyklóno",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "περικυκλώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ghernā",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "घेरना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "bekerít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "körbevesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "circondare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "accerchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "assediare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakomu",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "囲む"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hōi suru",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "包囲する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "caom",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "ចោម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑcaom",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "ប្រចោម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "poat",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "ព័ទ្ធ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "laom",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "ឡោម"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "ponitaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "otaczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružátʹ",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "окружа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "okružítʹ",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "окружи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "cuairtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "omringa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "bao vây"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "resserer"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to enclose to prevent escape",
      "word": "reclôre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "surround"
}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "super",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "undō",
        "t": "to rise in waves"
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "t": "wave"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).",
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          "ref": "1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283",
          "text": "He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.\nIt swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick."
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      "ipa": "/səˈɹaʊnd/"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊnd"
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      "audio": "en-us-surround.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-us-surround.ogg/En-us-surround.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-us-surround.ogg",
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  "word": "surround"
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