'Encircled' definitions:
Definition of 'encircled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers" [syn: surrounded, encircled]
Definition of 'Encircled'
From: GCIDE
- Encircle \En*cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled; p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling.] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city. [1913 Webster]
- Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. --Parnell.
- Syn: To encompass; surround; environ; inclose. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'encircled'
From: GCIDE
- enclosed \enclosed\ adj. surrounded or closed in, usually on all sides. Opposite of unenclosed. [Narrower terms: basined; {capsulate, capsulated}; closed, closed in(predicate); coarctate; confined, fenced in, penned; embedded, fixed; {embedded, surrounded}; encircled; enveloped; fogbound; self-enclosed; surrounded, encircled] [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'encircled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- begirt,
- belted,
- cinctured,
- circled,
- circumscribed,
- circumscript,
- defined,
- definite,
- delimited,
- demarcated,
- determinate,
- determined,
- encinctured,
- fixed,
- girdled,
- girt,
- hedged about,
- ringed,
- set,
- specific,
- stated,
- surrounded,
- zoned