girdle
verb/ˈɡɜːdl/
/ˈɡɜːrdl/
(literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they girdle | /ˈɡɜːdl/ /ˈɡɜːrdl/ |
| he / she / it girdles | /ˈɡɜːdlz/ /ˈɡɜːrdlz/ |
| past simple girdled | /ˈɡɜːdld/ /ˈɡɜːrdld/ |
| past participle girdled | /ˈɡɜːdld/ /ˈɡɜːrdld/ |
| -ing form girdling | /ˈɡɜːdlɪŋ/ /ˈɡɜːrdlɪŋ/ |
- girdle something to surround something
- A chain of volcanoes girdles the Pacific.
Word OriginOld English gyrdel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gordel and German Gürtel, also to gird and girth.Definitions on the go
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