"surround" meaning in English

See surround in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /səˈraʊnd/ Audio: en-us-surround.ogg [US] Forms: surround [canonical], surrounds [third-person, singular], surrounded [past], surrounded [past, participle], surrounding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When you surround something, you confine that object on all sides of it.
    Sense id: simple-surround-en-verb-PcAxspyp
     
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