surrounded
past simple and past participle of
surround
Meaning of surrounded in English
B1
to be everywhere around something:
Mystery still surrounds the exact circumstances of Stalin's death.
- A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas which surround them.
- She made her entry to the ceremony surrounded by a group of photographers.
- The hotel is surrounded by perfectly manicured gardens.
- The president arrived surrounded by his minders.
- The house is surrounded by trees, so it's not overlooked at all .
Examples of surrounded
surrounded
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The field comprised a mosaic of conventionally-tilled and rye-mulched plots, surrounded by fields of maize, soybeans, alfalfa hay and mixed hardwood forest.
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A two-dimensional molten aluminium droplet is of finite extent and is surrounded by a passive gas.
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This effect causes target position to be misperceived when it is surrounded by a frame presented asymmetrically.
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By the 6th week the placodes are surrounded by the medial and lateral nasal swellings to form the nasal pit.
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The outermost torus is surrounded by a chaotic sea.
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Plots were surrounded by a single guard row between them.
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The grey area surrounded by a symbol shows the allowable range for the control points to stay within the designated vehicle class.
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Through this envelop, it is ensured that object is first surrounded by the robots before making the form closure grasp.
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The high-density pellet core is surrounded by a hot, fully ionized low-density corona.
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It was not surrounded by a high wall but by a 'stop-horse' fence where meetings and ceremonies took place.
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The reserve includes 640 ha of lowland tropical rain forest surrounded by a mosaic of disturbed habitats and secondary forest.
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The study area is surrounded by large expanses (>200 km) of mainly continuous forest to the west, north and east.
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The litter traps used in this experiment were the enclosure type in which the entire tree was surrounded.
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Only those oocytes surrounded with a multiple-layered compact cumulus oophorus were used.
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The tract in question had recently been annexed into the city and was surrounded on all sides by residential areas.
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