Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - surround
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Surround
surround
~1 v 1 usually passive to be all around someone or something on every side (The city is surrounded on all sides by hills. | be surrounded by sth) (Jill was sitting on the floor surrounded by boxes.) 2 be surrounded by sb/sth to have a lot of a particular kind of people or things near you (How can I work when I'm surrounded by idiots.) 3 if police or soldiers surround a place they arrange themselves in positions all the way around it (We've got the place surrounded. Come out with your hands up.) 4 to be closely connected with a situation or event (the controversy surrounding the group's "Cop Killer" track) 5 surround yourself with to choose to have certain people or things near you all the time (David loved to surround himself with young people.) ~2 n an area around the edge of something, especially one that is decorated or made of a different material
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I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to flood, inundate, from Anglo-French surunder, from Late Latin superundare, to overflow, from Latin super- + unda wave; influenced in meaning by 5round — more at water Date: circa 1616 1. a. (1) to enclose on all sides ; envelop the crowd ~ed her (2) to enclose so as to cut off communication or retreat ; invest b. to form or be a member of the entourage of flatterers who ~ the king c. to constitute part of the environment of ~ed by poverty d. to extend around the margin or edge of ; encircle a wall ~s the old city 2. to cause to be ~ed by something ~ed himself with friends II. noun Date: 1893 something (as a border or ambient environment) that ~s from urban centre to rural ~ — Emrys Jones ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.tr. 1 come or be all round; encircle, enclose. 2 (in passive; foll. by by, with) have on all sides (the house is surrounded by trees). --n. 1 Brit. a a border or edging, esp. an area between the walls and carpet of a room. b a floor-covering for this. 2 an area or substance surrounding something. Derivatives surrounding adj. Etymology: ME = overflow, f. AF sur(o)under, OF s(o)uronder f. LL superundare (as SUPER-, undare flow f. unda wave) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. обрамление, окаймление; край, кромка, бордюр surround of a carpet —- кромка ковра turf surround (of a flower-bed) —- обрамление из дерна (цветочной клумбы) wire-netting surround of a tennis-court —- ограждение из проволочной сетки теннисного корта 2. окружение 3. охот. обложение 4. окружать; обносить; обступать to surround a town with walls —- обнести город стеной the house is surrounded by (with) a fence —- дом обнесен оградой they were surrounded by the enemy —- враг окружил их (взял их в кольцо) he surrounded himself with able advisers —- он окружил себя способными советниками he was always surrounded by medicine-bottles —- он жил в постоянном окружении пузырьков с лекарствами ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1423, "to flood, overflow," from M.Fr. soronder "to overflow, abound, surpass, dominate," from L.L. superundare "overflow," from L. super "over" + undare "to flow in waves," from unda "wave." Sense of "shut in on all sides" first recorded 1616, influenced by figurative meaning in Fr. of "dominate," and by sound association with round. First record of surroundings in sense of "environment" is from 1861. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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