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girdle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of girdle

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
Synonyms of girdle

belt, ceinture, cincture, cummerbund (also cumberbund), sash, self-belt
Words Related to girdle

band, waistband

circle, loop, ribbon, ring

baldric, bandolier (or bandoleer), Sam Browne belt

cestus, obi

girdle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of girdle

1 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
Synonyms of girdle

band, begird, belt, engird [archaic], engirdle, enwind, gird, girt, girth, wrap
Words Related to girdle

tie up, truss

circle, enwreathe, loop, wind, wreathe

bandage, enswathe, swathe

chain, cord, enchain, lash, rope, shackle, tape, wire
Near Antonyms of girdle

unbind, unlash, unshackle, untie, unwind
Antonyms of girdle

ungird, unwrap

2 to travel completely around

  • an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
Synonyms of girdle

circle, circuit, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, encircle, orbit, ring, round
Words Related to girdle

circumambulate, cross, perambulate, traverse

3 to form a circle around

  • the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn
Synonyms of girdle

circle, compass, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), encompass, environ, gird, ring, surround, wreathe
Words Related to girdle

circumscribe, close in, cordon (off), fence (in), hem (in), wall

beset, besiege, entrench (also intrench), invest, swarm

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