Scrabble?! SURROUND

Definitions of SURROUND in various dictionaries:

noun - the area in which something exists or lives

verb - extend on all sides of simultaneously

verb - envelop completely

verb - surround so as to force to give up

verb - surround with a wall in order to fortify

To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.

The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.

Surroundings; environment: “It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me” (Listener).

The central meaning shared by these verb s is “to lie around and bound on all sides”: a city surrounded by suburbs; a crown circling a king’s head; a mountain peak compassed by fog; a belt encircling her waist; a lake that encompasses an island; oases environed by the desert; a castle girded by a moat; gardens girdling a bird bath; a dinner table ringed with guests.

verb - to extend completely around