| cloister | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cloister, religious residence | residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery). |
| ~ convent | a religious residence especially for nuns. |
| ~ monastery | the residence of a religious community. |
| ~ priory | religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a convent governed by a prioress. |
| ~ residence | the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president).; "he refused to live in the governor's residence" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cloister | a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions). |
| ~ courtyard, court | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings.; "the house was built around an inner court" |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| v. (stative) | 3. cloister | surround with a cloister, as of a garden. |
| ~ border, environ, surround, skirt, ring | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| v. (contact) | 4. cloister | surround with a cloister.; "cloister the garden" |
| ~ border, environ, surround, skirt, ring | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| v. (change) | 5. cloister | seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister.; "She cloistered herself in the office" |
| ~ isolate, insulate | place or set apart.; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" |
| surround | | |
| n. (location) | 1. environment, environs, surround, surroundings | the area in which something exists or lives.; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" |
| ~ ambiance, ambience | the atmosphere of an environment. |
| ~ medium | the surrounding environment.; "fish require an aqueous medium" |
| ~ setting, scene | the context and environment in which something is set.; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" |
| ~ element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal.; "water is the element of fishes" |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ habitat, home ground | the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds" |
| ~ melting pot | an environment in which many ideas and races are socially assimilated. |
| ~ parts | the local environment.; "he hasn't been seen around these parts in years" |
| v. (contact) | 2. border, environ, ring, skirt, surround | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.; "The forest surrounds my property" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ fringe | decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe.; "fur fringed the hem of the dress" |
| ~ gird, girdle | put a girdle on or around.; "gird your loins" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister.; "cloister the garden" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| ~ hem in | surround in a restrictive manner.; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" |
| ~ cloister | surround with a cloister, as of a garden. |
| v. (contact) | 3. smother, surround | envelop completely.; "smother the meat in gravy" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (competition) | 4. beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround | surround so as to force to give up.; "The Turks besieged Vienna" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ seal off, blockade | impose a blockade on. |
| ~ ebb | hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb. |
| v. (competition) | 5. fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall | surround with a wall in order to fortify. |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| ~ stockade | surround with a stockade in order to fortify. |
| ~ circumvallate | surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification. |
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