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
  • These styles feature a thicker strap that’s wrapped around the heel—no sliding here.
    — Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Solana protocol Seasons aims to offer crypto stability by distributing gold, wrapped Bitcoin, and dollar tokens to holders.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of wrapped
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  • Just circled up with him and just checking on his well-being, and then the rest is kind of up to medical staff, doctors he’s seen.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Definition of circled
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  • Served on a lazy Susan, multiple scoops of ice cream are surrounded by mini cones, berries, hot fudge, caramel, M&M’s, Reese’s, and other assorted chocolates.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Yet growing up surrounded by accomplished artists came with unexpected advice.
    — Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of surrounded
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  • Lining the outer cell membrane, at the base of the cilia, were simple structures, each encircled by a single membrane.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026
  • The area along the Cumberland River where more than 100 people once lived is now encircled by fences and no-trespassing signs.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of encircled
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  • Around 100 commercial vessels traversed the strait on a typical day before the war.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • Bear tracks showed where a pair of grizzlies had traversed our island and swum to the far shore.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
Definition of traversed
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  • The worlds tested were similar to Earth and orbited in the habitable zones around sun-like stars.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 21 July 2026
  • The fact that celebrity landed upon him, plucking him from the obscurity of his mission to represent the burgeoning discourse on the disease, says more about the world that orbited him than his actions on the island or his own political nous.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of orbited
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  • The 1-mile loop gains only about 100 feet in elevation and winds through a scenic valley ringed by the massive rock formations that make Joshua Tree instantly recognizable.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • It's ringed by a zoom rocker that controls compatible power zoom lenses.
    — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026
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