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Definition of girdle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

girdle

verb

NAmE//ˈɡərdl//

girdle something (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they girdle

he / she / it girdles

past simple girdled

-ing form girdling

to surround something A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific.

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