Think Afghanistan and pieces of all the countries that surround it, including and especially Iran.
The first potential scientific secret to improving your bedroom experience: surround yourself with men.
Brittany has decided that her husband and family will, Nov. 1, in her own bed, surround her that day.
Living as they do in the heart of the volatile Caucasus, Georgians are only too aware of the fires that surround them.
In On Saudi Arabia, journalist Karen Elliott House describes the odd silence that seems to surround the House of Saud.
"surround her with a bodyguard, if you like," said the General.
And as you can see, we surround ourselves with all means of enlightenment.
I shall place it in my room and surround it with fresh flowers.
It was Mrs. Vansittart's pleasant habit to surround herself with every comfort.
They must surround me, you observe, and therefore they are here.
early 15c., "to flood, overflow," from Middle French soronder "to overflow, abound, surpass, dominate," from Late Latin superundare "overflow," from Latin super "over" (see super-) + undare "to flow in waves," from unda "wave" (see water (n.); and cf. abound). Sense of "to shut in on all sides" first recorded 1610s, influenced by figurative meaning in French of "dominate," and by sound association with round. Related: Surrounded; surrounding.
