| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encompass |
| Synonyms: | begird, belt, beset, cincture, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, engirdle, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring |
| Main Entry: | gird |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make fun of |
| Synonyms: | deride, flout, fun at, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, poke, quip, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip with weapon or power |
| Synonyms: | accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote |
| Antonyms: | disarm |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | bandage, bind, bolster, buttress, fasten, fortify, gird, hold up, prepare, prop, ready, reinforce, shove, steady, steel, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten, uphold |
| Antonyms: | let go, loosen, unfasten |
| 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: | 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: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out of one's mind |
| Synonyms: | banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, kiss off, laugh away, lay aside, mock, pooh-pooh, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, set aside, shelve, spurn, taunt, twit |
| Antonyms: | accept, welcome |
| Main Entry: | encompass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surround, circumscribe |
| Synonyms: | beset, circle, compass, encircle, enclose, envelop, environ, gird, girdle, hem in, ring |