environ
Ring on all sides
Environ means to surround or encircle, typically used of physical surroundings: The castle was environed by dense forest.
The word is literary and rarely encountered outside formal writing.
Its noun form, environs, meaning the surrounding area or outskirts, remains more common: the environs of Paris.
Surround on all sides
- encompassInclude within bounds
- encloseShut in on all sides
- ringClosed curve shape
- circleCurved closed shape
gird · hem · bound · border · fence · wall · besiege · blockade
encircle
Surround on all sides
circle · gird · hem · bound · border · fence · wall · besiege · blockade · circumscribe
surroundings
Area around something
- milieuSocial or cultural surroundings
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
locale · vicinity · neighborhood · precincts · whereabouts · locality · backdrop · scenery · terrain · landscape
environpierce
Make hole through
traverse · pass through · breach · perforate · cut through
- classroom environmentConditions within teaching spaces
- environmental sustainabilityMaintaining natural systems indefinitely
- environmental standardsRules governing ecological impact
- environmental challengesProblems harming natural systems
- work environmentJob setting and conditions
- environmental engineerDesigns pollution control systems
environment, environmental, environments, environmentalist, environs, environmentalism, environmentally