encircle
Collocations
4ADJ.
empty, managed, many
VERB + ENCIRCLE
beginning
ENCIRCLE + NOUN
stones
PREP.
with
Definitions
verb
To surround, form a circle around.
"Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms.
[…]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there.
To move or go around completely.
It is also customary in the Orient and among Sephardim for the mourners to encircle the coffin of an erudite person seven times and recite Yoshayv besayter while making each circuit.
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5"Friday!" she called out, bursting open the doors and quickly encircling her friend in the warmth of her arms.
Wiktionary[…]two Russian armies would advance into East Prussia, one westward from the Niemen, the other northward from the Narew, with the object of encircling and immobilizing all enemy forces there.
WiktionaryDown through the centuries, as the Holy Spirit graces person after person in land after land, they form together a grand company of "friends of God and prophets" (Wis. 7:27); a community of holy peopl
WiktionaryA territory is the set of intersections that a player has managed to encircle with his stones in such a way that it has become impregnable.
Tatoeba · #10354524In the game of Go, each player tries from the beginning to encircle as many empty spaces, that is as much territory, as possible.
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