rodear

Definitions of rodear
  1. verb
    surround with a wall in order to fortify
    synonyms: amurallar, cercar, circundar, empalizar
  2. verb
    bind with something round or circular
    synonyms: cercar, circundar
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    amarrar, atar, sujetar
    make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
  3. verb
    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
    synonyms: cercar, circundar
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    ceñir
    put a girdle on or around
    cercar
    surround completely
    enclaustrar, recluir
    surround with a cloister, as of a garden
    colar, meter
    fit snugly into
    encajonar
    enclose in, or as if in, a case
    enmarcar
    enclose in or as if in a frame
    encapsular
    enclose in a capsule or other small container
    cercar
    enclose with a fence
    encasquetar
    enclose in a casket
    type of:
    tocar
    be in direct physical contact with; make contact
  4. verb
    arrange or or coil around
    synonyms: arrollar, cercar, circundar, enrollar, envolver, girar
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    devanar
    wind onto a spool or a reel
    desenrollar, enrollar
    wind onto or off a reel
    aovillar, ovillar
    form into a ball by winding or rolling
    enrollar, enrollarse, enroscar, enroscarse
    wind around something in coils or loops
    type of:
    desplazar, mover
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
  5. verb
    envelop completely
    synonyms: cercar, circundar
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    cubrir, recubrir
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  6. verb
    surround completely
    synonyms: cercar
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    colar, meter
    fit snugly into
    encajonar
    enclose in, or as if in, a case
    enmarcar
    enclose in or as if in a frame
    encapsular
    enclose in a capsule or other small container
    cercar
    enclose with a fence
    encasquetar
    enclose in a casket
    empacar, empaquetar, encajonar
    arrange in a container
    embalar, empaquetar, encajonar
    put into a box
    ensacar
    put in a sack
    type of:
    cercar, circundar
    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
  7. verb
    pass around or about; move along the border
    synonyms: bordear
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    pasar
    move past
  8. verb
    run around the rim of
    synonyms: bordear
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    alinear, delinear
    be in line with; form a line along
  9. verb
    form the edge of
    synonyms: bordear
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    circunscribir, confinar, limitar, orillar
    form the boundary of; be contiguous to
  10. verb
    put a girdle on or around
    synonyms: ceñir
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    cercar, circundar
    extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
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