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Surround vs. Surrounds — What's the Difference?

Surround vs. Surrounds — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Surround and Surrounds

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Surround

To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
The magnetic field that surrounds the earth.

Surrounds

To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
The magnetic field that surrounds the earth.

Surround

To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication
The police surrounded the house.

Surrounds

To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication
The police surrounded the house.

Surround

Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds
A fireplace surround.
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Surrounds

Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds
A fireplace surround.

Surround

The area around a thing or place
Inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.

Surrounds

The area around a thing or place
Inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.

Surround

Often surrounds Surroundings; environment
"It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" (Listener).

Surrounds

Often surrounds Surroundings; environment
"It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" (Listener).

Surround

A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.

Surrounds

A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.

Surround

(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

Surrounds

Things bordering, adjacent to, or near something else; surroundings.
It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.

Surround

(transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

Surround

To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
To surround the world

Surround

(British) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

Surround

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

Surround

To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
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Surround

To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.

Surround

To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.

Surround

A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.

Surround

The area in which something exists or lives;
The country--the flat agricultural surround

Surround

Be around;
Developments surround the town
The river encircles the village

Surround

Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;
The forest surrounds my property

Surround

Envelop completely;
Smother the meat in gravy

Surround

Surround so as to force to give up;
The Turks besieged Vienna

Surround

Surround with a wall in order to fortify

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