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# surround

verb (surround, surrounds, surrounded, surrounding); noun (a surround, surrounds — the edge or frame around something)

«surround» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To surround something is to be all around it on every side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#m1)
2. To surround someone is to move so you are all around them, like a crowd or soldiers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#m2)
3. A surround is a border or frame around something, like a fireplace surround. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths, a border surrounds a shape; the perimeter is the length that surrounds it. In geography, an island is land surrounded by water. In stories, wolves surround a camp or fans surround a star. Phrases: «surrounded by», «be surrounded», «surround sound».

### Examples

- Water surrounds the island on all sides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x1)
- A fence surrounds the school field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x2)
- The fans surrounded the footballer for autographs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x3)
- Trees surround our house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x4)
- Draw a border to surround the picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x5)
- The wolves began to surround the campfire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x6)
- Mountains surround the little village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x7)
- These children rush out in swarms, and surround travellers, whether on foot or in carriages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: «surrounded». Spelling: double r: s-u-r-r-o-u-n-d. «Surroundings» (plural noun) means the place around you. In maths, the length of the line that surrounds a shape is its perimeter.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths, a border surrounds a shape; the perimeter is the length that surrounds it. In geography, an island is land surrounded by water. In stories, wolves surround a camp or fans surround a star. Phrases: «surrounded by», «be surrounded», «surround sound».

### Examples

- is a green line that surrounds the whole universe, and chaos (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surround/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb: «surrounded». Spelling: double r: s-u-r-r-o-u-n-d. «Surroundings» (plural noun) means the place around you. In maths, the length of the line that surrounds a shape is its perimeter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surround» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surround/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surround» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/surround.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «surround» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/surround/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surround» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/surround.html) on Mova free.