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What is the verb for surrounding?

What's the verb for surrounding? Here's the word you're looking for.

surround
  1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
  2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Police surround the house as Lex steps out of his car and heads for the front door.”
surrounds
surrounding
surroundeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of surround
surroundest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of surround
surrounded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of surround
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Paiwan are surrounded by Han Chinese and other aboriginal groups including Rukai and Puyuma.”
      “The central courtyard is a formal elliptical lawn surrounded by gravel walkways.”
      “British troops and armoured cars then surrounded the royal palace and Lampson demanded Farouk's abdication.”
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