environ

Other forms: environs; environed; environing

Definitions of environ
  1. verb
    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    synonyms: border, ring, skirt, surround
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    fringe
    decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe
    gird, girdle
    put a girdle on or around
    cloister
    surround with a cloister
    close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
    surround completely
    hem in
    surround in a restrictive manner
    cloister
    surround with a cloister, as of a garden
    insert, tuck
    fit snugly into
    wall in, wall up
    enclose with a wall
    bower, embower
    enclose in a bower
    enshrine, shrine
    enclose in a place of worship
    case, encase, incase
    enclose in, or as if in, a case
    bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up
    enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
    border, frame, frame in
    enclose in or as if in a frame
    glass, glass in
    enclose with glass
    bank
    enclose with a bank
    dike, dyke
    enclose with a dike
    encapsulate
    enclose in a capsule or other small container
    fence, fence in
    surround with an enclosure
    cordon off, rope in, rope off
    divide by means of a rope
    casket
    enclose in a casket
    corral
    enclose in a corral
    fort, fortify
    enclose by or as if by walls around a stronghold
    hedge, hedge in
    enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges
    hedge
    hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge
    type of:
    adjoin, contact, meet, touch
    be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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