surround

«surround» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to be all around it on every side — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) To surround something is to be all around it on every side. tree →

2) To surround someone is to move so you are all around them, like a crowd or soldiers. tree →

3) A surround is a border or frame around something, like a fireplace surround. tree →

sense 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

• is a green line that surrounds the whole universe, and chaos (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Water surrounds the island on all sides. tree →
• A fence surrounds the school field. tree →
• The fans surrounded the footballer for autographs. tree →
• Trees surround our house. tree →
• Draw a border to surround the picture. tree →
• The wolves began to surround the campfire. tree →
• Mountains surround the little village. tree →
• These children rush out in swarms, and surround travellers, whether on foot or in carriages. tree →

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 the corpora

• The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
• The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
• He nods hard, but he is sure it means the great Chief is surrounded by enemies with spears.
• Our brain can be fooled by what surrounds a shape, so measuring gives the true answer.
• The Arctic is a frozen ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is a continent of land covered by ice and surrounded by ocean.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «surround» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.