surround, v.
(surrounded, surrounding, surrounds)
freq. cnt. 9
(surrounded, surrounding, surrounds)
freq. cnt. 9
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3
border environ ring skirt surround
sample sentences
"The forest surrounds my property"verb frames
Something ----s somethingverb frames
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Something ----s somethingverb frames
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
envelop completely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
smother surround
sample sentences
"smother the meat in gravy"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
The wind storms %s the area with dust and dirt
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
surround so as to force to give up
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
beleaguer besiege circumvent hem in surround
sample sentences
"The Turks besieged Vienna"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
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Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
surround with a wall in order to fortify
<verb.competition>
fence fence in palisade surround wall
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form