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surround (verb), surrounds; surrounded; surrounding
1. To extend on all sides simultaneously; to encircle.
2. To enclose or to confine on all sides so as to stop escape or outside communication.
3. Something; such as, fencing or a border, that surrounds an area.
4. The space around a thing or place: Karl has an inflammation that surrounds his left eye.
5. Etymology: "to flood, overflow" came from Middle French soronder, "to overflow, to abound, to surpass, to dominate"; from Late Latin superundare, "to overflow"; from Latin super, "over" + undare, "to flow in waves"; from unda, "wave">
2. To enclose or to confine on all sides so as to stop escape or outside communication.
3. Something; such as, fencing or a border, that surrounds an area.
4. The space around a thing or place: Karl has an inflammation that surrounds his left eye.
5. Etymology: "to flood, overflow" came from Middle French soronder, "to overflow, to abound, to surpass, to dominate"; from Late Latin superundare, "to overflow"; from Latin super, "over" + undare, "to flow in waves"; from unda, "wave">
surrounded (adjective), more surrounded, most surrounded
1. Confined on all sides.
2. Extended on all sides simultaneously; encircled.
3. Enclosed or confined on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.
2. Extended on all sides simultaneously; encircled.
3. Enclosed or confined on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.
(a stomach surrounded by curiosity; little creatures that are happier than their parents because they don’t have children of their own)
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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