surround
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the area in which something exists or lives
the country--the flat agricultural surround
Types & categories
- geographical area hypernym
- ambiance hyponym
- medium hyponym
- setting hyponym
- element hyponym
- habitat hyponym
- melting pot hyponym
- parts hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
The forest surrounds my property
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
envelop completely
smother the meat in gravy
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Sense 4 verb
surround so as to force to give up
The Turks besieged Vienna
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- besieger derivation
Sense 5 verb
surround with a wall in order to fortify
Types & categories
- protect hypernym
- stockade hyponym
- circumvallate hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | palisade |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | geographical area |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ambiance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | medium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | setting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | element |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | habitat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | melting pot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | parts |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | border |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | edge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | environs |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | contact |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fringe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | girdle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloister |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | inclose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hem in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloister |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | besieger |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | seal off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ebb |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | wall in |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fencing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | palisade |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulwark |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wall |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wall |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | environs |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | protect |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stockade |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumvallate |