accerchiare — meaning in English

English meaning

• bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
• bracket noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
• encircle verb To form a ring around something; to surround completely.
• surround verb To be positioned on all sides of something; to encircle.

Senses

accerchiare is used for these senses in English:

• bound (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
• bracket To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.
• encircle (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
• surround (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.

bound — full definition

1. adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
2. adj Heading toward a particular place.
3. adj Certain or very likely to happen.
4. noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
5. verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.

bracket — full definition

1. noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
2. noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
3. noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
4. verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.

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