ENCIRCLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail To form a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video
encircle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of encircle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary encircle somebody something to surround somebody something completely in a circle Jack's arms encircled her waist The island is encircled by a coral reef Snow covered the encircling hills