as in belt
a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist
drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection
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1
as in to wrap
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 to circle
to travel completely around
an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
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as in to surround
to form a circle around
the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn
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Recent Examples of girdle
Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
But encasing myself into the 25 eye-and-hook buttons of a Merry Widow corset or slipping into a tea rose silk bullet bra with matching lace up girdle?
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
But so, too, do contingencies and unexpected events — from the skills and personalities of individual candidates to the impact of a world-girdling pandemic.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Quant, whose name was synonymous with London’s Swinging ’60s and its fashion, offered young women a new, more liberated way of dressing, free from the girdles and restrictive undergarments that their mothers and grandmothers had worn.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
But encasing myself into the 25 eye-and-hook buttons of a Merry Widow corset or slipping into a tea rose silk bullet bra with matching lace up girdle?
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Our apartment building occupies almost the entire end of a city block, for months girdled at ground level by scaffolding.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
But so, too, do contingencies and unexpected events — from the skills and personalities of individual candidates to the impact of a world-girdling pandemic.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girdle
Noun
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The driver seat dives well below the belt line offering a sporty position, and overall visibility is great.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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After being stuck on a boss, eternally forced to run back and replay swaths of danger for just another slim shot at winning, overcoming most challenges feels less like triumph and more like someone’s mercifully loosened the belt around your neck.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This blaze is intense enough that firefighters used water lines to moisten the soil around trees and wrapped their trunks with fire-resistant foil blankets.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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Kacavas just wrapped the horror-satire Corporate Retreat alongside Sasha Lane, Odeya Rush, Ashton Sanders, Rosanna Arquette, and Alan Ruck.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Quasi-moons differ from temporary mini-moons that occasionally orbit Earth such as 2024 PT5, which circled the planet for two months in 2024 and could be an ancient fragment that was blasted off of our primary moon.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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Pole dancers circled installations for night-long performances that wrapped around the venue interior.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Prior controversy surrounding its usage can largely be traced back to a 2002 study, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the results of which have largely been refuted.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
15 Sep. 2025
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Note the rose gold surrounds of the analog-style gauges.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Princess Kate also wore earrings that belonged to the late Queen Elizabeth, as well as the Royal Family Order of King Charles III and the Royal Family Order of Elizabeth II, along with the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order star and sash.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Ditto for the sash details on several looks.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The system in question is the double star V Sagittae located around 10,000 light-years from Earth, containing a white dwarf stellar remnant and its victim companion star, which orbit each other roughly twice every Earth day.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The same can be said of the moon, which instead orbits Earth.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That certainly rings true for Nomad founder Brad Davis, who sports copious body art and has the vibe of an energetic Portland entrepreneur.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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In that case, his pleas of innocence rang loudly enough to attract a KQED documentary crew, which covered Mutch’s struggles to gain parole after four decades behind bars and 21 denials from the parole board.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nearby balconies were draped with black ribbons.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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This inexpensive and easy craft just requires a small chalkboard, a little extra paint, and a pretty ribbon.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Girdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdle. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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