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otoczyć — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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.
  • whelm verb To cover something completely, burying or submerging it.

Senses

otoczyć is used for these senses in English:

  • close in on (idiomatic) To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
  • encircle (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
  • encompass (transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.
  • hem in To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.
  • whelm (transitive, archaic) To bury, to cover; to engulf, to submerge.

encompass — full definition

  1. verb To include a wide range of things as part of a single whole.
  2. verb To surround or enclose something completely.
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