āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
surround
/sÉÉšËaâĘnd/
to surround
01
āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to be around something on all sides
Transitive: to surround a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The island is surrounded by crystal-clear waters and white sand.
āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻāĻŋāĻ-āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to circle around someone or something, putting pressure on them to give up
Transitive: to surround a person or place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The army strategically surrounded the enemy stronghold to induce surrender.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛ā§ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻŦā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to completely cover or enclose something from every direction
Transitive: to surround sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The darkness surrounded them as the power went out.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Surround
01
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ
the area or conditions immediately around something or someone where it exists or operates
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Wildlife thrives in the natural surround of the forest.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
the area or border around something, used for decorative purposes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Flowers grew in the stone surround of the fountain.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
surrounded
surrounding
surround
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
