surround

suomi-englanti sanakirja

surround englannista suomeksi

  1. saartaa, piirittää

  2. ympäröidä

  3. ympäristö

  1. Verbi

  2. ympäröidä

  3. saartaa, piirittää

  4. Substantiivi

surround englanniksi

  1. To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

  2. (quote-book)

  3. (quote-journal)

  4. (RQ:Allingham China Governess)

  5. {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Plato|title=Sophist|translator=Lesley Brown|page=230c

  6. To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

  7. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

  8. (ux)

  9. (RQ:Fuller Palestine)|paragraph=16|pages=247–248|pageref=247|passage=Unfitting it vvas, that the body of that vvorthy Patriarch &91;(Genesis)|Joseph&93; (to vvhom all the land belonged by promiſe) ſhould ſteale into that Countrey in a clandeſtine vvay, and privately enter in at the poſtern door, rather let it ſolemnly ſurround the Countrey, and be brought in at the broad gates. Thus the corps of men of quality, though the Chancell-door be nearer, are borne through the porch and middle-alley to the place of their interment.

  10. Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

  11. 1972, Forsyth|Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File|''The Odessa File'', Viking Press|Viking, Book Number|SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:

  12. He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.
    It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.