environ

Other forms: environs; environed; environing

Definitions of environ

1. verb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
   synonyms: border, ring, skirt, surround

   types:

   fringe

   decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe

   gird, girdle

   put a girdle on or around

   cloister

   surround with a cloister

   close in, enclose, inclose, shut in

   surround completely

   hem in

   surround in a restrictive manner

   cloister

   surround with a cloister, as of a garden

   insert, tuck

   fit snugly into

   wall in, wall up

   enclose with a wall

   bower, embower

   enclose in a bower

   enshrine, shrine

   enclose in a place of worship

   case, encase, incase

   enclose in, or as if in, a case

   bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

   border, frame, frame in

   enclose in or as if in a frame

   glass, glass in

   enclose with glass

   bank

   enclose with a bank

   dike, dyke

   enclose with a dike

   encapsulate

   enclose in a capsule or other small container

   fence, fence in

   surround with an enclosure

   cordon off, rope in, rope off

   divide by means of a rope

   casket

   enclose in a casket

   corral

   enclose in a corral

   fort, fortify

   enclose by or as if by walls around a stronghold

   hedge, hedge in

   enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

   hedge

   hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

   type of:

   adjoin, contact, meet, touch

   be in direct physical contact with; make contact