Definition of "surround" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

   • The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.
   • They surrounded each other in the classroom and started trading hits.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

   • to surround the world

noun

1. (British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

   • He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight. It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.