Synonyms of girdling

girdling

verb

present participle of girdle

1

as in wrapping

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 & Similar Words

• wrapping
• circling
• bandaging
• girding
• banding
• engirdling
• taping
• belting
• enwinding
• girting
• girthing
• looping
• engirding
• lashing
• begirding
• winding
• trussing
• tying up
• swathing
• roping
• wreathing
• cording
• chaining
• wiring
• shackling
• enchaining
• enwreathing
• enswathing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unwrapping
• unwinding
• untying
• unshackling
• unbinding
• ungirding
• unlashing

2

as in circling

to travel completely around

an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• circling
• traversing
• orbiting
• encircling
• crossing
• ringing
• circumventing
• rounding
• circuiting
• circumnavigating
• compassing
• circumambulating
• perambulating

3

as in surrounding

to form a circle around

the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounding
• encircling
• circling
• encompassing
• ringing
• enclosing
• environing
• embracing
• girding
• wreathing
• compassing
• circumscribing
• walling
• swarming
• besieging
• closing in
• fencing (in)
• entrenching
• besetting
• cordoning (off)
• hemming (in)
• investing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of girdling

Also, the rootball should be inspected for circling or girdling roots. — Larry Figart, Florida Times-Union, 14 Jan. 2026

Removing this layer restricts the tree from moving water up from the roots or nutrients back down, a process known as girdling. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025

The new levee begins at the city of San Mateo’s border and runs below the San Mateo Bridge before girdling the city’s borders. — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Nov. 2023