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be-girt
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround |
| Synonyms: | band, belt, beset, bind, circle, encircle, enclose, encompass, engirdle, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem, hem in, ring |
| Main Entry: | encircle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe |
| Antonyms: | let go, unloose |
| Main Entry: | hem/hem in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose, restrict |
| Synonyms: | begird, beset, border, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, corral, define, edge, encircle, encompass, envelop, environ, fence, fringe, girdle, hedge in, immure, margin, pen, rim, ring, round, shut, shut in, skirt, surround, verge |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
| Synonyms: | arc, arch, begird, bend, bow, braid, coil, compass, connect, crook, curl, curve, curve around, encircle, encompass, fold, gird, girdle, join, knot, ring, roll, surround, tie together, turn, twist, wind around |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encircle |
| Synonyms: | begird, belt, circle, circumscribe, compass, confine, enclose, encompass, gird, girdle, hem in, inclose, loop, move around, rim, round, seal off, surround |
| Antonyms: | free |
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn; encircle |
| Synonyms: | begird, bypass, circle, circulate, circumnavigate, compass, encompass, flank, gird, girdle, go around, gyrate, hem, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, skirt, spin, surround, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | engird |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encircle |
| Synonyms: | band, begird, belt, cincture, circle, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, ring, surround |
| Main Entry: | engirdle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encircle |
| Synonyms: | band, begird, belt, cincture, circle, compass, encompass, engird, gird, girdle, ring, surround |
| Main Entry: | girt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encompass |
| Synonyms: | begird, belt, beset, cincture, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, engirdle, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring |
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