encircle
/ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/US/ɪnˈsɝkl̩/
encircle verb: to surround, form a circle around.
Verb
encircle (third-person singular simple present encircles, present participle encircling, simple past and past participle encircled)
- To surround, form a circle around.
- "Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms.1983 February 5, Andrea Loewenstein, “Snowbound”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 28, page 10
- […]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there.1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 70
- To move or go around completely.
- It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 385
encircle meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
encircle in Tamil
- சுற்றி வளை, சுற்றிச்சூழ், வட்ட வடிவமாகச் சூழ்ந்து கொள்ளுதல், வட்டவடிவமாகக் கோடு வரைதல்
encircle in Urdu
- گھیرنا, حلقے میں لینا, انحصار کرنا, محاصرہ کرنا
encircle in Telugu
- surround
- గిరికొను girikonu, చుట్టుకొను cuṭṭukonu
encircle in Malayalam
- വൃത്തമുണ്ടാക്കുക, വലയം ചെയ്യുക, വളയുക
More languagesFewer languages
- encircle in Kannada
- ಸುತ್ತು, ಆವರಿಸು, ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ವೃತ್ತಮಾಡು, ವೃತ್ತವಾಗಿ ಆಕ್ರಮಿಸು
- encircle in Sanskrit
- वेवेष्टि veveṣṭi
- encircle in Persian
- فراگیری farâgiri, محاصره mohâsere, فراگرفتن farâgeregtan, محاصره کردن mohâsere kardan
Examples of encircle in a sentence
- She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms.
- A large handkerchief covering her head was knotted below her chin, encircling her sunburned and wrinkled face.
- Then a small whirlwind of dust and kvitls swept over him, encircled him, and lifted him away.
Synonyms of encircle
Forms of encircle
| third-person singular present | encircles |
|---|---|
| present participle | encircling |
| past participle | encircled |
| past | encircled |
Origin of encircle
From en- + circle.
Words formed from encircle
Words that rhyme with encircle
Questions about encircle
- What does encircle mean?
- Encircle means to surround, form a circle around.
- What is encircle in Tamil?
- Encircle in Tamil is சுற்றி வளை, சுற்றிச்சூழ், வட்ட வடிவமாகச் சூழ்ந்து கொள்ளுதல். See Encircle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is encircle?
- Encircle is a verb.
- How do you pronounce encircle?
- Encircle is pronounced /ɪnˈsɜːkl̩/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of encircle?
- The past tense of encircle is encircled.
Words near encircle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: encircle (page history and authors); encircle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encircle (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encircle (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encircle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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