verb
1.
to close in or as if in a ring about something
a crowd surrounded the accident victim
Synonyms: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem, loop, ring, round
Related Word: embosom, enclave, enclose, envelop; circumscribe, circumvent, confine, limit
2.
Synonyms: border 1, bound, edge, fringe, hem, margin, outline, rim, skirt, verge