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| around |
so as to encircle or enclose. [1/13 definitions] |
| begird |
to fasten around; encircle. |
| belt |
to furnish, mark, or encircle with or as if with a belt, band, or line. [1/11 definitions] |
| cincture |
to encircle, as with a belt or girdle. [1/3 definitions] |
| circumvallate |
to encircle with or as with a wall, rampart, or trench. [1/2 definitions] |
| close |
to surround; encircle (fol. by "around"). [1/23 definitions] |
| compass |
to include entirely; encompass; encircle. [1/9 definitions] |
| enlace |
to encircle, bind, or wind about with or as if with a cord or lace. [1/2 definitions] |
| environ |
to form a circle around; encircle or surround. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. [1/3 definitions] |
| girdle |
to surround, encircle, or hold within limits; gird. [1/7 definitions] |
| girth |
to go around; encompass; encircle. [1/4 definitions] |
| hoop |
to surround with or as if with a hoop; encircle. [1/7 definitions] |
| ring1 |
to enclose in a ring; encircle. [1/14 definitions] |
| sea anemone |
a flowerlike sedentary sea polyp, the flexible cylindrical body of which is topped with one or more rings of tentacles that encircle a mouth. |
| surround |
to form in a circle around; encircle. [1/4 definitions] |
| Van Allen belt |
either of two belts that encircle the earth within its magnetic field, in which electrically charged particles, captured from the solar wind, are trapped. [1/2 definitions] |
| wind2 |
to encircle or wrap. [1/11 definitions] |
| wrap |
to cover, encircle, or enfold with something. [2/11 definitions] |
| wreathe |
to form a wreath around; encircle; envelop. [1/6 definitions] |
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