All girdled synonyms
girΒ·dle
G g verb girdled
- circumscribe β If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- pivot β a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
- belt β A belt is a strip of leather or cloth that you fasten round your waist.
- spiral β Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- roll β to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- circulate β If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
- wheel β a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- coil β A coil of rope or wire is a length of it that has been wound into a series of loops.
- revolve β to move in a circular or curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun.
- gyre β a ring or circle.
- curve β A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
- tour β Georges de [zhawrzh duh] /ΚΙrΚ dΙ/ (Show IPA), 1593β1652, French painter.
- gyrate β to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl.
- circuit β An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
- round β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- loop β a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- outline β the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- trammel β Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- bound β Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- define β to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- demarcate β If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- beset β If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
- blockade β A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- rim β the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- flank β the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- settle β to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- verge β the edge, rim, or margin of something: the verge of a desert; to operate on the verge of fraud.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- border β The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- invest β to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- band β A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.
- wreathe β to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- inclose β enclose.
- swathe β to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- clinch β If you clinch something you are trying to achieve, such as a business deal or victory in a contest, you succeed in obtaining it.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- wrap β to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- clutch β If you clutch at something or clutch something, you hold it tightly, usually because you are afraid or anxious.
- shroud β a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- cinch β If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do.