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girdle

brilliant-cut gemstone

gir·dle

(gûr′dl)

a. A belt or sash worn around the waist.

b. Something that encircles like a belt.

c. An elasticized, flexible undergarment worn over the waist and hips to give the body a more slender appearance.

2. A band made around the trunk of a tree by the removal of a strip of bark.

3. The edge of a cut gem held by the setting.

4. Anatomy The pelvic or pectoral girdle.

tr.v. gir·dled, gir·dling, gir·dles

1. To encircle with a belt.

2. To form a circle around: a ring of hills that girdled the city.

3. To remove a band of bark and cambium from the circumference of (a tree), usually in order to kill it.

[Middle English girdel, from Old English gyrdel; see gher- in Indo-European roots.]

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girdle

(ˈɡɜːdəl)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's elastic corset covering the waist to the thigh

2. anything that surrounds or encircles

3. (Clothing & Fashion) a belt or sash

4. (Jewellery) jewellery the outer edge of a gem

5. (Anatomy) anatomy any encircling structure or part. See pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle

6. (Forestry) the mark left on a tree trunk after the removal of a ring of bark

vb (tr)

7. to put a girdle on or around

8. to surround or encircle

9. (Forestry) to remove a ring of bark from (a tree or branch), thus causing it to die

[Old English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse gyrthill, Old Frisian gerdel, Old High German gurtila; see gird¹]

ˈgirdle-ˌlike adj

girdle

(ˈɡɜːdəl)

(Cookery) dialect Scot and Northern English another word for griddle

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gir•dle

(ˈgɜr dl)

n., v. -dled, -dling. n.

1. an undergarment, worn esp. by women, often boned or of elastic, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.

2. a belt, cord, sash, or the like, worn about the waist.

3. anything that encircles, confines, or limits.

4. the narrow edge or band between the upper and lower or front and back sections of a faceted gemstone.

5. either of two bony encircling frameworks connecting the vertebrate limbs to the axial skeleton.

6. a ring made around a tree trunk, branch, etc., by removing a band of bark.

v.t.

7. to encircle with a belt; gird.

8. to encompass; enclose; encircle.

9. to move around (something or someone) in a circle.

10. to cut away the bark and cambium in a ring around (a tree, branch, etc.).

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English gyrdel, derivative of girdan to gird¹]

gir′dle•like`, adj.

Girdle

something that encircles or confines. See also chain, circle.

Examples: girdle of din [noises], 1879; of eminences, 1875; of forest, 1836; of perfection, 1879; of snow, 1860.

girdle

Past participle: girdled
Gerund: girdling

Imperative
girdle
girdle

Present
I girdle
you girdle
he/she/it girdles
we girdle
you girdle
they girdle

Preterite
I girdled
you girdled
he/she/it girdled
we girdled
you girdled
they girdled

Present Continuous
I am girdling
you are girdling
he/she/it is girdling
we are girdling
you are girdling
they are girdling

Present Perfect
I have girdled
you have girdled
he/she/it has girdled
we have girdled
you have girdled
they have girdled

Past Continuous
I was girdling
you were girdling
he/she/it was girdling
we were girdling
you were girdling
they were girdling

Past Perfect
I had girdled
you had girdled
he/she/it had girdled
we had girdled
you had girdled
they had girdled

Future
I will girdle
you will girdle
he/she/it will girdle
we will girdle
you will girdle
they will girdle

Future Perfect
I will have girdled
you will have girdled
he/she/it will have girdled
we will have girdled
you will have girdled
they will have girdled

Future Continuous
I will be girdling
you will be girdling
he/she/it will be girdling
we will be girdling
you will be girdling
they will be girdling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been girdling
you have been girdling
he/she/it has been girdling
we have been girdling
you have been girdling
they have been girdling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been girdling
you will have been girdling
he/she/it will have been girdling
we will have been girdling
you will have been girdling
they will have been girdling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been girdling
you had been girdling
he/she/it had been girdling
we had been girdling
you had been girdling
they had been girdling

Conditional
I would girdle
you would girdle
he/she/it would girdle
we would girdle
you would girdle
they would girdle

Past Conditional
I would have girdled
you would have girdled
he/she/it would have girdled
we would have girdled
you would have girdled
they would have girdled

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Noun	1.	girdle - an encircling or ringlike structure skeletal structure - any structure created by the skeleton of an organism pectoral girdle - a skeletal support to which the forelimbs of vertebrates are attached pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis, hip - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
	2.	girdle - a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers cincture, waistband, waistcloth, sash band - a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) cummerbund - a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
	3.	girdle - a woman's close-fitting foundation garment corset, stays foundation garment, foundation - a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body panty girdle - a woman's undergarment that combines a girdle and panties
Verb	1.	girdle - cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" deaden plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
	2.	girdle - put a girdle on or around; "gird your loins" gird border, environ, surround, skirt, ring - extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"

girdle

noun

1. belt, band, fillet, sash, waistband, cummerbund These muscles hold in the waist like an invisible girdle.

verb

1. surround, ring, bound, enclose, encompass, hem, encircle, fence in, gird The old town centre is girdled by a boulevard lined with trees.

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girdle

verb

1. To encircle with or as if with a band:

band, begird, belt, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girt, ring.

Archaic: engird.

2. To shut in on all sides:

begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, hedge, hem, ring, surround.

Translations

حِزام، زُنّارمِشَد المَرأه

korzetopasekpás

bæltehofteholdersnor

Gürtel Mieder

ceñir faja

ceinture gaine

csípõszorító

mittisól, belti

cintura cintura pelvica fascetta guaina busto

jostakorsete

girdle

[ˈgɜːdl]

A. N (= corset) → faja f; (= belt) → cinturón m (also fig)

B. VT → ceñir, rodear (also fig) (with con)

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girdle

[ˈgɜː^rd^əl]

n (= corset) → gaine f

vt → ceindre

girdle

(= belt, also fig) → Gürtel m

(= corset) → Hüftgürtel or -halter m

vt (lit) → gürten; (fig) → umgeben

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girdle

[ˈgɜːdl] n (corset) → busto, corsetto; (belt) → cintura

girdle

(ˈgəːdl) noun

1. a belt or cord worn round the waist. She wore a girdle round her tunic.

2. an undergarment worn by women in order to appear thinner.

gir·dle

n. faja, cinturón;

pelvic ___ → cinturón pélvico;

scapular or shoulder ___ → cinturón torácico, cinturaescapular.

girdle

n cintura; pelvic — cintura pélvica; shoulder — cintura escapular

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"You are certainly a girdle," said the collar; "that is to say an inside girdle.

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A richly wrought leathern girdle, studded with precious stones, and held in place by a huge carved buckle of gold, clasped the garment about her waist so that the upper portion fell outward over the girdle after the manner of a blouse.

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I'm going with the master,' he said, as he ran into the hut and took down his girdle from the nail on which it hung.

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'The whole town shall know of this!' And the little tailor hastened to cut himself a girdle, stitched it, and embroidered on it in large letters: 'Seven at one stroke!' 'What, the town!' he continued, 'the whole world shall hear of it!' and his heart wagged with joy like a lamb's tail.

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She put on the wondrous robe which Minerva had worked for her with consummate art, and had embroidered with manifold devices; she fastened it about her bosom with golden clasps, and she girded herself with a girdle that had a hundred tassels: then she fastened her earrings, three brilliant pendants that glistened most beautifully, through the pierced lobes of her ears, and threw a lovely new veil over her head.

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After a moment or two the girl drew a knife from her girdle, and, leaning over Tarzan, cut the bonds from his legs.

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His beard was closely shaved, his doublet reached to the middle of his leg, and the girdle which secured it, and at the same time supported his ponderous sword, was embroidered and embossed with gold work.

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In the centre of this enchanted garden Madame Nilsson, in white cashmere slashed with pale blue satin, a reticule dangling from a blue girdle, and large yellow braids carefully disposed on each side of her muslin chemisette, listened with downcast eyes to M.

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Appeared a little red-satin Spanish girdle, whale-boned like a tiny corset, pointed, the pioneer finery of a frontier woman who had crossed the plains.

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And there with the strained craft steeply leaning over to it, by reason of the enormous downward drag from the lower mast-head, and every yard-arm on that side projecting like a crane over the waves; there, that blood-dripping head hung to the Pequod's waist like the giant Holofernes's from the girdle of Judith.

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As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back-- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

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But the most ordinary cause of a single life, is liberty, especially in certain self-pleasing and humorous minds, which are so sensible of every restraint, as they will go near to think their girdles and garters, to be bonds and shackles.