verb
Meaning 1
To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
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verb
Meaning 2
surround so as to force to give up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Turks besieged Vienna
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: besiege, beleaguer, surround, circumvent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attack, assail
Narrower terms: blockade, seal off, ebb
verb
Meaning 3
surround in a restrictive manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The building was hemmed in by flowers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
Narrower terms: hedge
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: insluiten — to surround and enclose
- Dutch: omsingelen — to surround and enclose
- Finnish: motittaa — to surround and enclose
- Finnish: piirittää — to surround and enclose
- Galician: encaixar — to surround and enclose
- Ido: cernar — to surround and enclose
- Latin: arceō — to surround and enclose
- Māori: pākaka — to surround and enclose
- Polish: otoczyć — to surround and enclose
- Serbo-Croatian: opkoliti — to surround and enclose
- Swedish: stänga inne — to surround and enclose
- Tocharian B: wāl- — to surround and enclose