girdle | Definition of girdle

girdle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of girdle

1 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 of girdle

band, begird, belt, engird [archaic], engirdle, enwind, gird, girt, girth, wrap

Words Related to girdle

circle, enwreathe, loop, wind, wreathe

bandage, enswathe, swathe

chain, cord, enchain, lash, rope, shackle, tape, wire

Near Antonyms of girdle

unbind, unlash, unshackle, untie, unwind

Antonyms of girdle

2 to travel completely around

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

Synonyms of girdle

circle, circuit, circumnavigate, circumvent, compass, encircle, orbit, ring, round

Words Related to girdle

circumambulate, cross, perambulate, traverse

3 to form a circle around

the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn

Synonyms of girdle

circle, compass, embrace, encircle, enclose (also inclose), encompass, environ, gird, ring, surround, wreathe

Words Related to girdle

circumscribe, close in, cordon (off), fence (in), hem (in), wall

beset, besiege, entrench (also intrench), invest, swarm