surround (
http://definr.com/surround)
n : the area in which something exists or lives: "the
country--the flat agricultural surround" [syn:
environment,
environs,
surroundings]
v 1: be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river
encircles the village" [syn:
environ,
encircle,
circle,
round,
ring]
2: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest
surrounds my property" [syn:
skirt,
border]
3: envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" [syn:
smother]
4: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn:
besiege,
beleaguer,
hem in,
circumvent]
5: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn:
wall,
palisade,
fence,
fence in]