girdled

verb

past tense of girdle
1
as in wrapped
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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2
as in circled
to travel completely around an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system

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3
as in surrounded
to form a circle around the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn

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Recent Examples of girdled Voles are likely to blame when previously-healthy plantings topple over for no apparent reason or when a tree is girdled around its base from gnawing. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girdled
  1. wrapped
  2. circled
  3. surrounded
  4. encircled
  5. traversed
  6. orbited
  7. ringed
Verb
  • The village built on the Luna Rossa base’s docks — its metallic structure wrapped externally in reflective foil — is an immersive, low-light space with modular wooden and aluminum displays intended for flexibility.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • With fashion month just wrapped and various fall getaways in the works (including a handful of post-fashion month R&R long weekends), team Vogue is scattering this season.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrapped
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  • Flight data shows the plane turned around over Ireland and circled for a few hours, apparently to burn off fuel.
    — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Indeed, Schwab took a pitch right on the play and pulled up to throw as Drew circled out of the pocket to the left.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of circled
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  • You’re surrounded by some of the city’s most important historical landmarks—but the history tucked away within the hotel is just as fascinating as everything that surrounds it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In a screenshot from the video, Schmidt holds a microphone in one hand with the other arm lifted, surrounded by others making the same gesture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of surrounded
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  • On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.
    — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of encircled
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  • The Firebrand and the First Lady demonstrates that the early civil rights movement was built on a foundation of deep, complicated, long-term relationships which traversed the boundaries of both race and class.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some days, fewer than ten ships traversed the strait—far fewer than in peacetime, when between 130 and 150 commercial vessels would make the passage each day.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of traversed
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  • Some dwarf stars are small, dim stars that can be orbited by other dwarf stars or planets.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Ellison revealed a logo menu that had Skydance front and center and large, orbited by tiny icons for brands like Warners and Paramount (along with CBS, HBO Max, DC, CNN and, perhaps just to balance out the graphic, Nickelodeon).
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
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  • The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The lunar reactors would likely be ringed by no-go zones to reduce radiation risk for astronauts and machines, experts said.
    — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of ringed

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“Girdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdled. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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