different between surround vs umbelap

English

Etymology

From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superund?, from super + und? (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???a?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd
• Hyphenation: sur?round

Verb

surround (third-person singular simple present surrounds, present participle surrounding, simple past and past participle surrounded)

1. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230c.

     and this way they get rid of those grand and stubborn opinions that surround them.

2. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
   • 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine

     the body of that worthy patriarch […] should steal into that country in a clandestine way, and privately enter in at the postern door; rather let it solemnly surround the country

Synonyms

• bebay
• beleaguer
• beset

Translations

Noun

surround (plural surrounds)

1. (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
   • 1972, Frederick Forsyth, The Odessa File, Viking, SBN 670-52042-x, chapter 15, page 283:

     He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight.

     It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.

Derived terms

• surround sound

English

Alternative forms

• umbelappe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English umbelappen (“to wrap around”), equivalent to umbe- +? lap (“to fold, wrap”) or um- +? belap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mb??læp/

Verb

umbelap (third-person singular simple present umbelaps, present participle umbelapping, simple past and past participle umbelapped)

1. (transitive, archaic) To surround; envelope; enshroud.
   • 1835, Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle: Volume 3:

     Thus am I wrapped And in woe umbelapped, Such love hath me trapped, Without any cure.

   • 1914, Richard Rolle (of Hampole), Frances Margaret Mary Comper, Richard Misyn, The fire of love:

     And therefore God's wrath is shed on them and righteous vengeance, with great fierceness of umbelapping torments.

   • 1917, Frances M. M. Comper, George Congreve, William Caxton, The book of the craft of dying:

     That is: the waymenting of death hath umbelapped me, and the sorrows of hell have environed me.

Synonyms

• enwrap

Related terms

• belap
• lap