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обкръжавам — meaning in English

obkrazhavam

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English meaning

  • beset verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  • besiege verb To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • encircle verb To form a ring around something; to surround completely.
  • encompass verb To include a wide range of things as part of a single whole.
  • mob noun A large, disorderly crowd, especially one acting in an unruly or aggressive way.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • surround verb To be positioned on all sides of something; to encircle.

Senses

обкръжавам is used for these senses in English:

  • beset (transitive) To surround or hem in.
  • besiege (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  • encircle (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
  • encompass (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
  • mob (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
  • ring (transitive) To enclose or surround.
  • surround (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.

beset — full definition

  1. verb To trouble or threaten from many directions at once, especially with difficulties or dangers.
  2. verb To surround or hem something in on all sides.

besiege — full definition

  1. verb To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
  2. verb To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
  3. verb To assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

Related Bulgarian words