girdled
past simple and past participle ofgirdle
girdle
verb[T]
literaryuk/ˈɡɜː.dəl/us/ˈɡɝː.dəl/tosurroundsomething:
agardengirdled byoaktrees
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
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girdled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
We want to see themgirdledwith a wall of green and inviolate.
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This is surely becoming more and more important as our shores are becoming more closelygirdledby war operations.
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If it is prematurely sold and notgirdledabout and proper investment is not made in it, it will disappear for ever.
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In a rather different field of security, safes have been anchored to prevent removal by burglars and many of them have beengirdledwith special alarm devices.
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It will have no form of life in it, and it will begirdledround with barbed wire, perhaps six feet high, in order to keep out the deer.
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The giantgirdledlizard is protected by spiny dorsal scales and four large occipital spines along the back of its head.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Where one-quarter or less of the trunk circumference has beengirdled, it may not be necessary to use this technique.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theygirdledthe large trees and burned the area to clear the land, planting corn, beans and squash.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rochet was originally a robe-like tunic, and was thereforegirdled, like the liturgical alb.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thegirdledtrees soon became dry and were easily burned down during the warm months of the fall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its color is deep opaque black, obliquelygirdledwith white.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is a forest retreatgirdledby mountains.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was often tied orgirdledwith a band or "patka", as evidenced by some archaeological discoveries in the area depicting this fashion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are margined below,girdledwith 6 series of rounded granules, of which the lowest line is the smallest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She wore a doublegirdledchiton and high laced sandals.
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- state-of-the-art facility
- state-of-the-art sound
- stealth bomber
- stealth-bomber
- stealth capability
- steal the limelight
- steal-the-limelight
- steal the show/scene
- steal-the-show-scene
- stealthily
- stealthing
- stealth marketing
- stealth-marketing
- stealth tax
- stealth-tax
- stealth technology
- steal-thunder
- stealthy
- steam
- steam accumulator
- steam-accumulator
- steam bath
- steam-bath
- steamboat
- steam-clean