Main entry: environment, environs, surround, surroundings
Definition: the area in which something exists or lives
Usage: the country--the flat agricultural surround
Main entry: beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, surround, hem in
Definition: surround so as to force to give up
Usage: The Turks besieged Vienna
Main entry: surround, palisade, wall, fence, fence in
Definition: surround with a wall in order to fortify
Main entry: skirt, environ, surround, ring, border
Definition: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Usage: The forest surrounds my property
Definition: envelop completely
Usage: smother the meat in gravy