Ropes surround the place.
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Surround
//səˈɹaʊnd//
Synonyms for "surround" (215 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (65)
Related words (107)
go around in circlesgo outgo roundgo the roundgyreharassharryhedge inhemhem inholdhousehouse inimbedimpoundimprisonincarcerateincludeingestinternalize
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investinvolvejailkeep withinkennellaplay offlay siege toleaguerlielimitloopmake a circuitmantlemarginmark boundariesmark offmark outmark the peripherymewmew uporbitoutlinepackpackagepenpen inpocketput awayput inquarantinerail inrangereachreach outrevolverimringrope offroundrunseparateset the limitsettingsheatheshrineshroudshut inshut upskirtsoften upspanspecifyspiralspreadstablestake outstraddlestretchstretch outsurroundingsswaddleswallowswathesweeptake downtake inthrust outtuck invergewallwall inwheelwindwrapwrap aboutwrap upyardyard up
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More general
12 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 58 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κυκλόω verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Arabic
3 entries- أَحَاطَ verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- حَفَّ verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- طَوَّقَ verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Armenian
2 entries- շրջապատել verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- շրջափակել verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Assamese
2 entries- আগুৰ verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- বেৰ verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Asturian
1 entries- arredolar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- dövrələmək verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- dövrəyə almaq verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- əhatə etmək verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- əhatələmək verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Bulgarian
2 entries- обкръжавам verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- обсаждам verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Catalan
4 entries- circumdar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- circumdar verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- envoltar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- envoltar verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 包圍 /包围 verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- 包圍 /包围 verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- 圍繞 /围绕 verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Czech
3 entries- obehnat verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- obklopit verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- obklíčit verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Danish
1 entries- omringe verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Dutch
4 entries- insluiten verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- insluiten verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- omcirkelen verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- omcirkelen verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- авалаш verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- аваш verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉirkaŭi verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Estonian
1 entries- ümbritsema verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Finnish
3 entries- piirittää verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- saartaa verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- ympäröidä verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
French
2 entries- enceindre verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- entourer verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Galician
2 entries- cercar verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- encerrar verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Georgian
4 entries- ალყის შემორტყმა verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- გარშემორტყმა verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- გარშემორტყმა verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- გარშემოხვევა verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
German
4 entries- umgeben verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- umringen verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- umringen verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- umzingeln verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Greek
4 entries- περιβάλλω verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- περικλείω verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- περικυκλώνω verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- περιτριγυρίζω verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Hindi
2 entries- घेरना verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- घेरना verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Hungarian
3 entries- bekerít verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- körbevesz verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- körbevesz verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Icelandic
1 entries- umkringja verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Ido
1 entries- cirkondar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Irish
1 entries- timpeallaigh verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Italian
4 entries- accerchiare verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- assediare verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- circondare verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- circondare verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Japanese
4 entries- 包囲する verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- 取り巻く verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- 囲む verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- 囲む verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Khmer
4 entries- ចោម verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- ប្រចោម verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- ព័ទ្ធ verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- ឡោម verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Latin
4 entries- cingō verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- circueō verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- circumdō verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- circumeō verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Limburgish
1 entries- ómgaeve verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Macedonian
2 entries- опкружи verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- опкружува verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Malayalam
2 entries- ചുറ്റുക verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- വളയുക verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Mongolian
1 entries- тойруулах verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Māori
4 entries- karapoi verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- karapoti verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- korohiko verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- korohikohiko verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- omgi verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- omgi verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Occitan
1 entries- enrodar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Old English
2 entries- besellan verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- ymbfaran verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Oromo
1 entries- marsuu verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صارمق verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- چنبرلمك verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Polish
2 entries- otaczać verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- otaczać verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Portuguese
3 entries- cercar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- cercar verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- contornar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Quechua
1 entries- kanchay verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Romanian
1 entries- înconjura verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Russian
4 entries- окружа́ть verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- окружа́ть verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- окружи́ть verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- окружи́ть verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वेवेष्टि verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cuairtich verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- cuairtich verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Spanish
4 entries- arrodear verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- cercar verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- envolver verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- rodear verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Swedish
2 entries- omge verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- omringa verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Thai
3 entries- ปิดล้อม verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- ล้อม verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- โอบล้อม verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Tocharian B
2 entries- wāl verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- wārp verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Ukrainian
2 entries- оточи́ти verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- оточувати verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bao vây verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
Walloon
4 entries- eclôre verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
- reclôre verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- resserer verb (to enclose to prevent escape)
- retourer verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Welsh
1 entries- amgylchu verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
West-Frisian
1 entries- omjaan verb (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Sometimes because of their atmospheres and sometimes because of the gases which surround them.
Source: tatoeba (619968)
Surround yourself only with people who are going to lift you higher.
Source: tatoeba (1398491)
He always prefers to surround himself with girls.
Source: tatoeba (2801311)
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