## Meanings
1. To be all around something or someone on every side.
2. To move around something or someone so that they cannot escape.
3. A border or frame placed around something.

## Examples
- Tall trees surround the house.
- Police surrounded the building within minutes.
- The fireplace had a beautiful brick surround.

## Synonyms
- bebay
- beset
- embed
- ensphere
- environ

## Derived Forms
- surrounder

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wed-
- Root: sourrounden
- Root: souronder
- Root: superundō

## Etymology
From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

## AI Etymology
Surround is from Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”). In present-day use, it can mean to be all around something or someone on every side, or to move around something or someone so that they cannot escape. Derived formations include surrounder.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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