to girdle
1
7.0
- verb
- /ˈɡɜrdl/
:
rodear
- The walk, along a dirt road girdling this sector of the mountain, was impressive; glimpses of other mountains opened through the trees like keyholes to infinity.
- girdle the waist
- girdle the planet
- girdle the globe
It arrived in the midst of a great planet girdling dust storm.
- It arrived in the midst of a great planet girdling dust storm.
- A tight string will essentially girdle or choke the stem.
Examples
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Closer, Magua slid his tomahawk out from the front of his belt that girdles his waist.
Fiction book (1992) -
Thus, Midgardsormen represents the Ouroboros, the cosmic snake that girdles the world.
Academic text (2000) -
A bald head girdled by loose curls of red hair appears at the door's window.
Fiction book (2000) -
It arrived in the midst of a great planet girdling dust storm.
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Through even a small telescope (with good optics), you can see that the planet is girdled with parallel bands of jet streams.
Academic text (2002) -
The old roadway that girdled the warehouse district, although pocked and ragged with age, proved sufficient for a runway.
Fiction book (1990) -
It rushed ahead, girdling the planet's slayer with a ring that wound into a spiral whirling ever inward.
Fiction book (2001) -
They vanished to fore and aft until, between thirty-five and forty percent lightspeed, only a vivid band remained, girdling the waist of the ship.
Fiction book (1991) -
A few miles south of Flatrock, where the interstate girdled the hills and skirted the hollows, Billy would pull over against the shoulder and lay blankets in the nettles beyond the guardrail.
Fiction book (1998) -
The gardener decided to girdle the sapling to encourage stronger growth by directing nutrients to the roots.
Synonyms
3
8.5
To put a belt or band around something to hold it in place
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.2
A group of bones around the hips that support the legs and connect to the spine
- Archaic
1
7.2
Underwear women wear under clothes that gives support to the waist and hips
- Specialized
1
5.7
The bones that connect the arms to the body, including collarbones and shoulder blades
- Specialized
A disease that slowly makes the shoulder and hip muscles weaker and smaller
How Encircled
34
4.9
84
3.7
33
3.4
1
7.0
132
3.2
70
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word girdle comes from an old English word gyrd meaning 'belt' or 'to encircle'. So to girdle something is literally to put a 'belt' or ring around it, like circling a hat with a ribbon or a city with a wall.