English-Thai Dictionary

encircle

VT ล้อมรอบ  ล้อม  ล้อมวง  circle enclose girdle surround rom-rob

 

encirclement

N การ ล้อมวง  การ ล้อมรอบ  enclosure kan-rom-wong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENCIRCLE

v.t.ensur'cl. [from circle. ] 1. To inclose or surround with a circle or ring, or with any thing in a circular form.
2. To encompass; to surround; to environ.
3. To embrace; as, to encircle one in the arms.

 

ENCIRCLED

ppr. Surrounded with a circle; encompassed; environed; embraced.

 

ENCIRCLET

n.A circle; a ring.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCIRCLE

En *cir "cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n.Encircling. ] Etym: [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler. ]

 

Defn: 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. Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.

 

Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

 

ENCIRCLET

En *cir "clet, n. Etym: [Encircle + -let. ]

 

Defn: A small circle; a ring. [Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

encircle

en cir cle |enˈsərkəl ɪnˈsərkəl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] form a circle around; surround: the town is encircled by fortified walls. DERIVATIVES en cir cle ment noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

encircle

en |cir ¦cle |ɪnˈsəːk (ə )l, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] form a circle around; surround: the town is encircled by fortified walls. DERIVATIVES encirclement noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

encircle

encircle verb “... and the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath ”: surround, enclose, circle, girdle, ring, encompass; close in, shut in, fence in, wall in, hem in, confine; literary gird, engirdle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

encircle

encircle verb medieval walls encircle the town: surround, enclose, circle, ring, encompass, circumscribe, border, bound, edge, skirt, fringe, form a ring around, form a barrier round; close in, shut in, fence in, wall in, hem in, lock in, cut off, confine; literary gird, girdle, engird.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

encircle

en cir cle /ɪnsə́ː r k (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 «…で » 〈人 物 〉を包囲する, 取り囲む (surround ) «by , in , with » , …の回りをまわる .～ment 名詞