encircle

  • 21encircle — v. a. 1. Surround, encompass, environ, gird, belt, engird, enclose. 2. Embrace, fold, clasp, enfold …

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  • 22encircle — verb (T) to surround someone or something completely: a luscious garden, encircled by walled parkland encirclement noun (U) …

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  • 23encircle — verb … and the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath Syn: surround, enclose, circle, girdle, ring, encompass; close in, shut in, fence in, wall in, hem in, confine; literary gird, engirdle See note at circumscribe …

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  • 24encircle — v 1. surround, encompass, hoop, gird, girdle, engird; embrace, span, belt; wind, wreathe, en wreathe; ring, environ, circumscribe; beset, hedge, besiege; enclose, hem in, confine. See enclose. 2. make a circuit, compass, circle, revolve or rotate …

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  • 25encircle — en·circle …

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  • 26encircle — [ɪnˈsɜːk(ə)l] verb [T] to completely surround something …

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  • 27encircle — en•cir•cle [[t]ɛnˈsɜr kəl[/t]] v. t. cled, cling 1) to form a circle around; surround; encompass 2) to make a circling movement around; make a circuit of • Etymology: 1350–1400 en•cir′cle•ment, n …

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  • 28encircle — /ɛnˈsɜkəl / (say en serkuhl), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (encircled, encircling) 1. to form a circle round; surround; encompass. 2. to make a circling movement about; make the circuit of. –encirclement, noun …

  • 29encircle —   Pō ai, anapuni, aipuni, ka apuni, kā ai, kākai …

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  • 30encircle — v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by with) surround, encompass. 2 form a circle round. Derivatives: encirclement n …

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