Draw a line around.

Roget 195: become small, become smaller; lessen, decrease etc. 36; grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb; decay etc. (deteriorate) 659.    be smaller than, fall short of; not come up to etc. (be inferior) 34.    render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate^†; boil down; constrict, constringe^†; condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow; pinch, tighten, strangle; cramp; dwarf, bedwarf^†; shorten etc. 201; circumscribe etc. 229; restrain etc. 751.    [reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ] (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 232: inclose, circumscribe etc. 229.   

Nederlands: omcirkelen

Restrict or confine within limits:
— Our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born.

synoniemen: confine to, limit.

Roget 229: circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround etc. 227; compass about; imprison etc. (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round; picket; corral.    enfold, bury, encase, incase^†, pack up, enshrine, inclasp^†; wrap up etc. (invest) 225; embay^†, embosom^†.    containment (inclusion) 76.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 761: prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop [Law]; bar; debar etc. (hinder) 706, forefend.    keep in, keep within bounds; restrain etc. 751; cohibit^†, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict; interdict, taboo; put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction; put under the ban, place under the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut the door, bolt the door, show the door; warn off; dash the cup from one's lips; forbid the banns.    ... meer laten zien

To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect.