The Clue
Envelop (8 letter answer)
The Answer
SURROUND
Tags
Notes
The answer SURROUND is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
SURROUND as a noun:
1. (environment, environs, surroundings, surround) = the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"
SURROUND as a verb:
1. (surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring) = be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village"
2. (surround, skirt, border) = extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
3. (smother, surround) = envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
4. (besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent) = surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
5. (wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround) = surround with a wall in order to fortify