surround
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Sense: Verb: be on all sides
Synonyms:
encompass Collocations, circle Collocations, envelop Collocations, girdle, ring Collocations, environ, gird, enclose Collocations, girdle, fence in, close in, close around, circle about, hedge in, embrace Collocations, mark out, contain Collocations, confine Collocations, delimit, go around, go round , go all the way around, go all the way round
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Sense: Verb: take a position on all sides
Synonyms:
circle Collocations, encircle, hem in, house in, close in on, pen in, wall in, fence in, shut in, enclose Collocations, close around, go around
Antonyms:
abandon Collocations, desert Collocations, flee from, fall back, back off, leave Collocations, free Collocations, release Collocations, withdraw Collocations, retreat Collocations, let go
Sense: Verb: besiege
Synonyms:
besiege, beset, beleaguer, blockade, lay siege to
Sense: Noun: border
Synonyms:
border Collocations, skirting, fringe Collocations, periphery, boundary Collocations, edge Collocations, edging
Sense: Noun: surrounding context
Synonyms:
context Collocations, atmosphere Collocations, environment Collocations, climate Collocations, environs, setting Collocations, terrain Collocations, surroundings, clime, milieu, contexture