Encircled

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
encircled
    adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies";
           "the encircled pioneers" [syn: {surrounded}, {encircled}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encircled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Encircling}.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF.
   encercler.]
   To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring;
   to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army
   encircled the city.
   [1913 Webster]

         Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.

   Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
        [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
enclosed \enclosed\ adj.
   surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of
   {unenclosed}. [Narrower terms: {basined}; {capsulate,
   capsulated}; {closed, closed in(predicate)}; {coarctate};
   {confined, fenced in, penned}; {embedded, fixed}; {embedded,
   surrounded}; {encircled}; {enveloped}; {fogbound};
   {self-enclosed}; {surrounded, encircled}]
   [WordNet 1.5]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "encircled":
      begirt, belted, cinctured, circled, circumscribed, circumscript,
      defined, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, determined,
      encinctured, fixed, girdled, girt, hedged about, ringed, set,
      specific, stated, surrounded, zoned

    

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