GIRDLED Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

girdled

verb

past tense of girdle

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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as in circled

to travel completely around an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system

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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

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She’s wrapped work on another independent movie, Honeymoon/Funeral, a romantic comedy from Fresh Off the Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan that also stars Rebecca Ferguson and Greta Lee.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed cocktails steps away in a part of the courtyard wrapped in a romantic mauve pink that colored the curtains, custom loungers, and drink tables.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of wrapped

Verb

Heading into the season, the Chargers might have circled Sunday’s game against Houston on their calendar.

— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Haula got a touch on Brian Dumoulin’s outlet pass at the red line before Kenny Connors skated it down, circled behind the net and found Haula down low for a backhand goal, his third of the season.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

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And last year, two littermate kittens were hit a few hundred feet apart on a busy street surrounded by Naples subdivisions.

— Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Lorraine Eiler stood in the blazing August sun, surrounded by reporters, to offer a warning.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of surrounded

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Al-Mughayyir, a town of 3,000 increasingly encircled by Israeli settlements, is about seven miles from Deir Jarir — the trip can take over an hour due to military checkpoints.

— Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
Shamsan said fighting had intensified across the province as the Houthis deployed reinforcements to multiple fronts, with the city encircled on all four sides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

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The candidates in the New York governor's race traversed the state on Sunday, looking to score late points with voters ahead of Tuesday's election.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Up until that point, Australia had been the only continent to dodge the virus which has traversed the globe, leaving a trail of carcasses in its path.

— Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of traversed

Verb

But this may not be the final death of all the planets that once orbited the now-dead star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Endeavour orbited the Earth 4,671 times and traveled more than 122 million miles, which is about the same distance from Earth to Mars.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

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The tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Enjoy the vistas outside on the private terrace or by the striking pool, located down a series of stone steps and ringed by umbrellas and sun loungers.

— Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026

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