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| Main Entry: | surround |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, encircle something |
| Synonyms: | beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, compass, confine, edge, encompass, envelop, environ, fringe, gird, girdle, inundate, invest, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, skirt, verge, box in, close around, close in, close in on, enclave, fence in, go around, hem in, lay siege to, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, decoy, ensnare, entrap, hide, hook*, jump, lurk, net, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay, ambuscade, box in, bushwhack, dry gulch, hem in, jap, lay for, set trap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beset |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plague; hem in |
| Synonyms: | aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover |
| Synonyms: | bury, cloak, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, suppress, surround, overspread |
| Antonyms: | uncover, lay bare |
| Main Entry: | border |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bound on; be on the edge |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge, be adjacent to, mark off, set off |
| Notes: | a boarder is a tenant in someone's house while a border is a line that indicates a boundary |
| Antonyms: | center, be inside |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go around, circumnavigate |
| Synonyms: | belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, loop, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, begird, circumduct, ensphere, gyre, hem in, mill around, wind about |
| Main Entry: | circumscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark off, delimit |
| Synonyms: | bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, limit, nail down*, outline, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel, hem in, prelimit |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | encircle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | band, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, envelop, environ, girdle, halo, invest, ring, surround, begird, enring, gird in, hem in, inclose, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | enfold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embrace, hug |
| Synonyms: | bear hug, cinch, clasp, clinch, clutch, cover, drape, enclose, encompass, enshroud, envelop, envelope, fold, girdle, grab, hold, invest, press, shroud, squeeze, surround, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up, encase, enwrap |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | entwine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist around |
| Synonyms: | braid, coil, curl, embrace, encircle, enmesh, entangle, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knit, lace, plait, spiral, surround, twine, weave, wind, corkscrew, interplait, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | unravel, unwind, untwist |
| Main Entry: | envelop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up, enwrap, overspread, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, open, release, uncover, unwrap, let go, let loose |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, skirt, surround, verge, begird, close in, hedge in, shut in |
| Antonyms: | release, let go |
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, bend, bow, braid, coil, compass, connect, crook, curl, curve, encircle, encompass, fold, gird, girdle, join, knot, ring, roll, surround, turn, twist, begird, curve around, tie together, wind around |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | neighbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be next to |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, border, communicate, connect, join, line, march, surround, touch, verge, be adjacent, be contiguous, be near, be nearby, butt against |
| Main Entry: | restrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine, limit situation or ability to participate |
| Synonyms: | bind, bottle up, bound, chain, check, circumscribe, come down on, constrict, contain, contract, cramp, curb, decrease, define, demarcate, diminish, encircle, enclose, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, moderate, modify, narrow, put away, qualify, reduce, regulate, restrain, shorten, shrink, surround, temper, tether, tie, cool down, delimit, delimitate, demark, hang up, hem in, hold down, inclose, keep within bounds, keep within limits, pin down, prelimit, put on ice, send up, shut in |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | shelter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide safety, cover |
| Synonyms: | chamber, conceal, cover, defend, enclose, guard, harbor, haven, hide, house, lodge, preserve, protect, roof, safeguard, screen, secure, shield, surround, take in, ward, cover up, take care of, watch over |
| Antonyms: | turn away |
| Main Entry: | smother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish; cover, hide |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, choke, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, douse, envelop, heap, hush up*, inundate, kill, muffle, overwhelm, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, shower, shroud, snuff, squelch, stamp out, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, surround, throttle, keep back, simmer down |
| Antonyms: | light, start, uncover |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | twine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coil, twist together |
| Synonyms: | bend, braid, curl, encircle, enmesh, entangle, entwine, interlace, interweave, knit, loop, meander, plait, spiral, splice, surround, tangle, twist, undulate, weave, wind, wrap, corkscrew, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | straighten, untwist |
| Main Entry: | verge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come near |
| Synonyms: | abut, adjoin, approach, border, bound, communicate, edge, end, fringe, hem, incline, join, lean, line, march, margin, neighbor, outline, rim, skirt, surround, tend, touch, trench, trend, be on the edge, brink on, butt on, gravitate toward |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | sheathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | envelop |
| Synonyms: | cover, enclose, surround, wrap, encase |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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