as in belt
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist
drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection
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as in to wrap
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view wire girdling the bundle of firewood
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as in to circle
to travel completely around
an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
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Recent Examples of girdle
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
On the flip side, some influencers have posted images of them wearing Skims' retro girdle as a sole outfit, subverting the 1950s connotation of undergarments as visible only to one's husband, said Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of gender at Case Western Reserve University.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
Also, the rootball should be inspected for circling or girdling roots.
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Larry Figart,
Florida Times-Union,
14 Jan. 2026
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One fatality occurred during a clinical trial for limb girdle muscular dystrophy treatment.
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Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
On the flip side, some influencers have posted images of them wearing Skims' retro girdle as a sole outfit, subverting the 1950s connotation of undergarments as visible only to one's husband, said Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, professor of gender at Case Western Reserve University.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
Verb
Spread the roots outward: Arrange the roots radially in the hole to prevent circling or girdling roots.
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Rae Ford,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
Also, the rootball should be inspected for circling or girdling roots.
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Larry Figart,
Florida Times-Union,
14 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Jayden stepped out in a pair of jeans with a leather belt and a white tank top.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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This 12-inch pan is tri-ply, meaning an aluminum core is wrapped in dual layers of stainless steel.
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Silky tannins are wrapped around flavors of blackberry, black currant, crushed violet petal, and cherry, with a closing note of clove.
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Night is falling in Altadena as bats circle, peacocks wail and photographer Kevin Cooley tries to capture what’s left of a tree.
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Caglianone circled the bases for the sixth time in his last five games.
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Even with the agreement, many of the details surrounding taxpayer services during the Olympics and Paralympics will remain unresolved for at least a year.
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The golden generation of American men — Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and the rest of the Group D winning crew — live and surrounded by red, white and blue in the home of the red and gold.
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Camilla also sported her Legion d'Honneur French sash, Garter Star and Charles' family order.
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Before their meeting, he was escorted into a hall where a guestbook lay open to a blank page, a portrait of Maduro wearing the Presidential sash hanging conspicuously above it.
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The administration's other telescopic projects include SPHEREx, which launched in 2025 with the goal of conducting a widespread infrared spectral survey of the sky, and the James Webb Space Telescope, which launched in 2021 and now orbits the sun with a distance of one million miles from Earth.
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The power race is moving to orbit.
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For a quick refresher, Pavlov found that if dogs were repeatedly given food while a bell rang, the dogs eventually began salivating at the mere sound of the bell because their brains associated the sound with food.
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And it’s left to the person it’s aimed at to disprove the association — after a bell has been rung that cannot be unrung.
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In other cruise news, Carnival Cruise Line recently cut the ribbon on RelaxAway at Half Moon Cay, a private destination in the Bahamas shared with Holland America, featuring pristine beaches.
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Four-year-old Amari Abney and his big brother Aerius were at Friday's ribbon-cutting.
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“Girdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdle. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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