SURROUND

[verb] [T] - to be everywhere around (something)Snow-capped mountains surround the city.The house is surrounded by a large garden.Gwen sat at her desk, surrounded by books and papers.He said that he would not get a fair trial because of the publicity surrounding the case. [T]Mystery still surrounds the exact circumstances of Stalin's death.He has failed to surround himself with a staff of real quality or experience (= failed to get a team of such people to work for him).She said that she wanted to die surrounded by the people she loves (= with them all present).Early this morning, armed police were surrounding (= moving into a position so that they were everywhere around) a house which they thought contained an escaped prisoner.