Usually means: Surrounds completely; forms a circle.
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  1. encircles: Merriam-Webster
  2. encircles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. encircles: Vocabulary.com
  4. encircles: Wordnik
  5. encircles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. encircles: Wiktionary
  7. encircles: Dictionary.com
  8. encircles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. encircles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. encircles: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (encircle)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To surround, form a circle around.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To move or go around completely.
▸ Also see encircle


Opposite:
surrounds, encompasses, envelops, embraces

Types:
circle, ellipse, oval, rectangle, square, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram, more...



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Opposite:
surrounds, encompasses, envelops, embraces

Types:
circle, ellipse, oval, rectangle, square, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram, more...




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