surrounded

2 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

to be everywhere around something:

Snow-capped mountains surround the city.

Gwen sat at her desk, surrounded by books and papers.

Mystery still surrounds the exact circumstances of Stalin's death.

She said that she wanted to die surrounded by the people she loves (= with them all present).

Early this morning, armed police surrounded (= moved into a position so that they were everywhere around) a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.