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(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. / (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

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Source Word

surround

IPA(Pronunciation)

/səˈɹaʊnd/

Verb

transitive obsolete

Japanese Meaning

～を囲む、取り囲む。 / 四方から包囲して逃げ場をなくすようにする。

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Tall pines surround the lake, casting dappled shadows on the water.

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高い松が湖を取り囲み、水面に木漏れ日の斑点を落としている。

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

The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.

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