ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
Entry: environment
Function: noun
Definition: surroundings
Synonyms: ambiance, atmosphere, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle, locale, medium, milieu, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping groud, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo
Concept: habitat entity
Entry: atmosphere
Function: noun
Definition: mood
Synonyms: air, ambience, aura, background, character, climate, color, environment, feel, feeling, flavor, impression, impression, local color, medium, mood, place, property, quality, scene, semblance, sense, space, spirit, surroundings, taste, tone
Concept: aura
Entry: background
Function: noun
Definition: circumstances
Synonyms: accomplishments, acquirement, actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, deeds, education, environment, experience, framework, grounding, history, practice, preparation, qualification, rearing, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing
Concept: origin/source
Entry: climate
Function: noun
Definition: mood
Synonyms: ambience, atmosphere, disposition, environment, feeling, medium, milieu, mise-en-scene, mood, surroundings, temper, tendency, trend
Concept: aura
Entry: element
Function: noun
Definition: habitat
Synonyms: domain, environment, field, habitation, medium, milieu, sphere
Concept: habitat entity
Entry: field
Function: noun
Definition: activity
Synonyms: area, avocation, bag, bailiwick, bounds, calling, champaign, circle, compass, confines, demesne, department, discipline, domain, dominion, environment, job, jurisdiction, limits, line, long suit, margin, metier, occupation, orbit, precinct, province, purview, racket, range, reach, region, scope, speciality, specialty, sweep, terrain, territory, thing, vocation, walk, weakness, work
Concept: profession/occupation
Entry: habitat
Function: noun
Definition: residence
Synonyms: abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, biosphere, cave, commorancy, condo, condominium, crib, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, fireside, flat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hole, home, home plate, homestead, house, housing, locale, locality, lodging, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad, place, quarters, range, residency, roof, roost, seat, settlement, site, stamping ground, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf
Concept: habitat entity
Entry: home
Function: noun
Definition: birthplace
Synonyms: abode, camping ground, country, element, environment, family, farm, fatherland, fireside, habitat, habitation, haunt, haven, hearth, hills, home ground, homeland, homestead, hometown, household, land, locality, motherland, neighborhood, range, range, roof, site, soil, stamping ground, stomping ground, territory
Concept: location entity
Entry: nature
Function: noun
Definition: creation
Synonyms: cosmos, country, countryside, earth, environment, forest, generation, landscape, macrocosm, megacosm, natural history, outdoors, scenery, seascape, setting, universe, view, world
Concept: aliveness
Entry: outdoors
Function: noun
Definition: open air
Synonyms: Mother Nature, country, countryside, environment, fresh air, garden, green earth, hill, mountain, nature, open, out-of-doors, patio, without, woods, yard
Concept: location entity
SURROUND
Entry: surround
Function: verb
Definition: enclose
Synonyms: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, border, bound, box in, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close around, close around, close in, compass, confine, edge, encircle, enclave, encompass, envelop, environ, fence in, fringe, gird, girdle, go around, hem in, inundate, invest, limit, loop, margin, outline, rim, ring, round, shut in, skirt, verge
Concept: surrounding
Entry: ambush
Function: verb
Definition: attack
Synonyms: ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, drygulch, ensnare, entrap, hide, hook, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay
Antonyms: resist, surrender, retreat
Concept: attacking
Entry: approach
Function: verb
Definition: near
Synonyms: advance, approximate, be like, bear, border, buzz, catch up, close in, come, come at, come close, compare with, contact, converge, correspond to, creep up, draw near, equal, gain on, go toward, impend, loom up, match, meet, move toward, near, progress, reach, resemble, surround, take after, threaten, verge upon
Antonyms: withdraw, depart, distance, leave, go away
Concept: arrival
Entry: beset
Function: verb
Definition: plague
Synonyms: aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug, circle, compass, dog, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, harass, hassle, infest, invade, nag, noodge, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, ride, ring, storm, strike, surround
Concept: confusion
Entry: blanket
Function: verb
Definition: cover
Synonyms: bury, cloud, coat, conceal, crown, eclipse, envelop, hide, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, suppress, surround
Antonyms: lay bare, uncover
Concept: covering
Entry: border
Function: verb
Definition: edge
Synonyms: abut, adjoin, bind, circumscribe, communicate, contour, decorate, define, delineate, edge, encircle, enclose, flank, frame, fringe, hem, join, line, line, march, margin, mark off, neighbor, outline, rim, set off, side, skirt, surround, touch, trim, verge
Antonyms: be inside, center
Concept: proximity
Entry: bound
Function: verb
Definition: restrict
Synonyms: circumscribe, confine, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, encircle, enclose, hem in, limit, mark, measure, restrain, restrict, surround, terminate
Antonyms: allow, let go, permit, unrestrict
Concept: prevention/restriction
Entry: circle
Function: verb
Definition: circumnavigate
Synonyms: belt, cincture, circmduct, circuit, circulate, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about
Concept: surrounding
Entry: circumscribe
Function: verb
Definition: delimit
Synonyms: bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, mark off, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel
Antonyms: free, loose, open, dilate, expand
Concept: prevention/restriction
Entry: compass
Function: verb
Definition: enclose
Synonyms: beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround
Concept: surrounding