surroundings Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the environmental condition
   milieu.
   
2. noun the area in which something exists or lives
   environment; environs; surround.
   
   • the country--the flat agricultural surround
3. verb extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   skirt; ring; border; environ; surround.
   
   • The forest surrounds my property
4. verb envelop completely
   smother; surround.
   
   • smother the meat in gravy
5. verb surround so as to force to give up
   beleaguer; circumvent; hem in; surround; besiege.
   
   • The Turks besieged Vienna
6. verb surround with a wall in order to fortify
   wall; surround; palisade; fence; fence in.
   

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