girdle

Main Entry:
girdle [gur-dl]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: corset
Synonyms: band, belt, sash, undergarment, underwear, waistband
Main Entry: beset
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plague; hem in
Synonyms: aggress, assail, attack, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, besiege, bug*, circle*, compass, dog*, drive up the wall, embarrass, encircle, enclose, encompass, entangle, environ, fall on, fall upon, girdle, give a bad time, give a hard time, give one the business, give the needle, harass, harry, hassle, infest, invade, jump on one's case, nag, nudge, overrun, perplex, pester, pick on, put the squeeze on, ride, ring, start in on, storm, strike, surround
Main Entry: circle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go around, circumnavigate
Synonyms: begird, belt, cincture, circuit, circulate, circumduct, circumscribe, coil, compass, curve, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, ensphere, envelop, gird, girdle, gyrate, gyre, hem in, loop, mill around, pivot, revolve, ring, roll, rotate, round, spiral, surround, tour, wheel, whirl, wind about
Main Entry: circumscribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mark off, delimit
Synonyms: bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel
Antonyms: free, loose, open
Main Entry: compass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: enclose
Synonyms: beset, besiege, blockade, circle, circumscribe, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring, round, surround
Main Entry: define
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delimit, outline
Synonyms: belt, border, bound, circumscribe, compass, confine, curb, delineate, demarcate, distinguish, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, establish, fence in, fix, flank, gird, girdle, limit, mark, mark out, rim, set, set bounds to, settle, stake out, surround, verge, wall in
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: encompass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surround, circumscribe
Synonyms: beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring
Main Entry: enfold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: embrace, hug
Synonyms: bear hug, cinch, clasp, clinch, clutch, cover, drape, encase, enclose, encompass, enshroud, envelop, envelope, enwrap, fold, girdle, grab, hold, invest, press, shroud, squeeze, surround, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up
Antonyms: let go
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