"encircle" meaning in English

See encircle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/ [UK], /ɪnˈsɝkl̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encircle.wav [UK] Forms: encircle [canonical], encircles [third-person, singular], encircled [past], encircled [past, participle], encircling [present, participle]
Etymology: en- + circle Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|en|circle}} en- + circle Head templates: {{verb|encircl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you encircle something, you form a circle around it. Synonyms: circumscribe
    Sense id: simple-encircle-en-verb-xQ6s9jDl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with en-
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