surroundedadj.
/səˈraʊndɪd/ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooded
overflown1579
surroundedc1595
flotten1601
aflooda1729
submergent1834
flooded1836
overflooded1860
inundated1875
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 134 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 110 Those surrounded lands, Saw watry clearnes chang'd to bloudy gore.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ix. 20 Surrounded grounds may be won by Sewing them with competent Draines.
c1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 23 The surrounded Level at Erith hath been..commended for its fertility.
2. Encompassed, encircled: chiefly in combinations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] > surrounded
purseynta1400
umberunc1440
circumdate1460
cinct?a1475
succinct?a1475
circledc1540
circumferat1575
circumscript1610
environed1610
encircled1632
precinct1641
circumcinct1656
cinctured1757
begirt1791
begirdled1813
compassed1860
surrounded1891
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxv. 52 His father's hill-surrounded little town.
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