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encircled

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]

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encircled

vb. (en-past of: encircle)

WordNet
encircled
  1. adj. confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers" [syn: surrounded]

  2. enclosed within a circle; "the encircled camp was complete cut off"

  3. adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" [syn: ringed, wreathed]

Usage examples of "encircled".

This proverb referred to the Walls of Halruaa, the nearly impassable mountain ranges that encircled their land like a gigantic horseshoe.

He could recall both precisely: the baldric was a broad leather strap, tanned a light tawny hue, slanted across the wemic's great chest and joined to the belt that encircled his humanoid torso.

That was just as well, for the tasloi pack that encircled him left him in no position to give immediate aid.

He took it up and sucked thoughtfully for a moment, then blew several rings of smoke-rings that encircled elaborate, rune-marked designs.

The charred gates stood open, and the magic that had encircled the tower was gone.

Any drow who misstepped was immediately limned in faerie fire by one of the wizards who encircled the dance floor and watched intently as the dark elves whirled and leaped and stomped.

Her arms encircled her friend, and her bright head bowed in the sincerest prayers of her life.

The trio encircled her, indicated with grunts and gestures that she was to accompany them.

A bubble of energy, glowing faintly with the faerie fire of drow magic, encircled the ship like a giant dome.

A broadsword was strapped to his back, and a well-loaded weapons belt encircled his waist and crossed in an X over his massive chest.

Its massive trunk, blackened by long-ago fires, was as thick as a wizard's keep, and storm-twisted branches, winter-bare and sharp as spears, encircled it with the determined air of mountain elk standing antler to antler against an onslaught of wolves.

One of the spider's legs curled around the weapon while another encircled Fyodor's wrist.

Strong arms encircled her neck, but she felt her friend's weight only in her heart.

A fortunate soldier, whom he instantly promoted to the rank of tribune, encircled his neck with a military collar.

Their rings, the wooden fortifications which encircled their districts and villages, were broken down by the triple effort of a French army, that was poured into their country by land and water, through the Carpathian mountains and along the plain of the Danube.