surround

verb/səˈraʊnd/CEFR B1

ঘিরে ফেলা, বেষ্টন করা

Meaning

To be all around something, or to move all around it.

Example sentences

  • Trees surround the pond.গাছপালা পুকুরটিকে ঘিরে আছে।
  • Police surrounded the building.পুলিশ ভবনটি ঘিরে ফেলল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: hem in, besiege

Similar words, and what each means

  • hem in

    ঘিরে ফেলা, আটকে ফেলা

    To surround and restrict the movement of someone or something.

  • besiege

    অবরোধ করা, ঘেরাও করা

    To surround a place with armed forces in order to capture it.

  • hem in

    ঘিরে ফেলা, আটকে ফেলা

    To surround and restrict the movement of someone or something.

Other English words for “ঘিরে ফেলা, বেষ্টন করা

  • hem in

    To surround and restrict the movement of someone or something.

  • encompass

    To include a wide range of things, or to surround something.

Word family

Words built on the same root. Learning them together is faster than learning them apart.

  • surroundingsnounপারিপার্শ্বিক অবস্থা, চারপাশ

surround” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • Surround yourself with English daily — news, songs, films with subtitles — so it becomes natural.

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  • Green fields surround the village on three sides, and in the monsoon they fill with water until the whole place looks like an island.

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  • Tea stalls, fruit sellers, a repair shop and a line of rickshaws and CNGs waiting for arriving passengers surround it.

    A Bus Stand

Where this word is used

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  1. “surround” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • জড়ো করা; (সাহস) সঞ্চয় করা
    • ঘিরে ফেলা, বেষ্টন করা
    • আগুনে জ্বালানি দেওয়া; উসকে দেওয়া
    • ব্যাখ্যা করা, বুঝিয়ে বলা
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    ঘিরে ফেলা, বেষ্টন করাsurround (verb) — ঘিরে ফেলা, বেষ্টন করা. To be all around something, or to move all around it.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “surround”?

    • bulk-buy
    • radiate
    • sanctify
    • hem in
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    hem inhem in — ঘিরে ফেলা, আটকে ফেলা. To surround and restrict the movement of someone or something.

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