encircle

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈsɜːrkl/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈsɜːkl/
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verb
R

To go all the way around something, like a circle.

The children encircled the campfire with their chairs.

translation

v. To go all the way around something, like a circle.

Word Forms

3rd Present encircles
Past encircled
Perfect encircled
Progressive encircling