Encircled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encircled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Encircling}.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF.
     encercler.]
     To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring;
     to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army
     encircled the city.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.
  
     Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  enclosed \enclosed\ adj.
     surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of
     {unenclosed}. [Narrower terms: {basined}; {capsulate,
     capsulated}; {closed, closed in(predicate)}; {coarctate};
     {confined, fenced in, penned}; {embedded, fixed}; {embedded,
     surrounded}; {encircled}; {enveloped}; {fogbound};
     {self-enclosed}; {surrounded, encircled}]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encircled
       adj 1: confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the
              encircled pioneers" [syn: {surrounded}]
       2: enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete
          cut off"
       3: adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as
          combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed
          in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with
          daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: {ringed}, {wreathed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "encircled":
     begirt, belted, cinctured, circled, circumscribed, circumscript,
     defined, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, determined,
     encinctured, fixed, girdled, girt, hedged about, ringed, set,
     specific, stated, surrounded, zoned