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to encircle
01
to create a circular shape around someone or something
Transitive: to encircle sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
encircle
3rd person singular
encircles
Present participle
encircling
Past simple
encircled
Past participle
encircled
Examples
The children encircled the storyteller during storytime.
Lexical Tree
encircled
encirclement
encircling
encircle
circle
