Synonyms of the word girdle


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girdle

  • n. That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference.
  • n. A belt or elasticated corset; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually…
  • n. The zodiac; also, the equator.
  • n. The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.
  • n. (mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
  • n. The clitellum of an earthworm.
  • n. (Scotland, Northern English) Alternative form of griddle.
  • v. (transitive) To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.
  • v. (transitive) To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.

band

  • n. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
  • n. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
  • n. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
  • n. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • n. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic…
  • n. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
  • n. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
  • n. (obsolete) A bond.
  • n. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
  • n. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…
  • n. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc.
  • n. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension)…
  • v. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
  • v. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
  • n. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
  • n. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
  • n. A marching band.
  • n. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
  • n. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
  • n. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government…
  • v. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

border

  • n. The outer edge of something.
  • n. A decorative strip around the edge of something.
  • n. A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.
  • n. The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
  • n. (Britain) Short form of border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance…
  • v. (transitive) To put a border on something.
  • v. (transitive) To lie on, or adjacent to a border.
  • v. (intransitive) To touch at a border (with on or upon).
  • v. (intransitive) To approach; to come near to; to verge.

cincture

  • n. An enclosure, or the act of enclosing, encircling or encompassing.
  • n. A girdle or belt, especially as part of a vestment.
  • n. (architecture) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.
  • v. to girdle, circle, or surround.

corset

  • n. A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
  • n. (historical) A tight-fitting gown or basque worn by both men and women during the Middle Ages.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.
  • v. (figuratively) To restrict or confine.

deaden

  • v. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
  • v. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
  • v. (transitive) To make soundproof.

foundation

  • n. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
  • n. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the…
  • n. (figuratively) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise…
  • n. (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build,…
  • n. (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing…
  • n. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund;…
  • n. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
  • n. (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and…
  • n. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.

gird

  • v. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  • v. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  • v. (transitive) To prepare oneself for an action.
  • n. A sarcastic remark.
  • n. A stroke with a rod or switch.
  • n. A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
  • v. (transitive) To jeer at.
  • v. (intransitive) To jeer.

incise

  • v. to cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

sash

  • n. A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
  • n. A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other…
  • v. (transitive) To adorn with a sash or scarf.
  • n. The opening part (casement) of a window usually containing the glass panes, hinged to the jamb, or sliding…
  • n. (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative…
  • n. In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down…

skirt

  • n. An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower…
  • n. The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
  • n. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
  • n. A petticoat.
  • n. (pejorative, slang) A woman.
  • n. (Britain, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
  • n. (Britain, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  • n. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
  • n. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
  • v. To be on or form the border of.
  • v. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
  • v. To cover with a skirt; to surround.

stays

  • n. plural of stay.
  • n. (plural only) A corset.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stay.

surround

  • v. (transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
  • v. (transitive) To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
  • n. (Britain) Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.

waistband

  • n. A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.

waistcloth

  • n. A cloth or garment worn around the waist.
  • n. (nautical) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck…

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