adj
Meaning 1
enclosing, skirting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
encircling
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: EH0 N S ER1 K AH0 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: EH0 N S ER1 K L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
encirclement
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of encircle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: encerclement — encircling
- Interlingua: incirculamento — encircling
- Italian: accerchiamento — encircling
- Italian: cerchia — encircling
- Italian: circondamento — encircling
- Spanish: cerco — encircling
- Spanish: cerca — encircling
- Spanish: acorralamiento — encircling
Real reading context