environ🔊

In the neighbourhood; around.

Almost, nearly.

To encircle or surround (someone or something). +

(often military) To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset. +

(heraldry, chiefly passive voice, obsolete) To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)). +

To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).

To hide or shield (someone or something).

Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.

(figuratively) Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).

(obsolete) To amount to or encompass (a space).

(obsolete) To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

(formal, also figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.