[verb] [T] - to surround or form a circle around or enclose within a circleVillaverde is one of the high-rise districts that encircle Madrid. [T]The trawlers use large nets to encircle shoals of mackerel and other fish that swim near the surface.Moscow is encircled by/with an eight-lane ring road that was built by Stalin.
ENCIRCLE
Meaning of ENCIRCLE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012