girdling
present 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
Examplesofgirdling
girdling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Land was first prepared for crops by cutting the smaller trees, grubbing out the underbrush, andgirdlingthe large trees.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.For example, enormous fruits and vegetables seen at fairs and carnivals are produced viagirdling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This wound is often caused by rabbits or other rodents, stripping the bark away andgirdlingthe tree.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, as the cumulative effects of thegirdlingprogress increasingly large areas of the tree are affected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Accidentalgirdlingis also possible and some activities must be performed with care.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This usually results in the death of the host tree, either throughgirdlingor through competition for light.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Rabbits and voles eat the bark, sometimesgirdlingyoung trees.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This process is known asgirdling, and can be used for agricultural purposes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is responsible forgirdlingthe tree at the center of the homestead.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Among the causes ofgirdlingare human practices, including forestry, horticulture, and vandalism.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is slightly tapered to the top, and has irregular cottony bandsgirdlingthe base.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are also extensive bands of white dotsgirdlingthe abdomen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Foresters use the practice ofgirdlingto thin forests and orchardists use it as a cultural technique to yield larger fruit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Observe the two bands showngirdlingthe streamone at a peak and the other at a trough of the wave.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Manifestations of the disease on a citrus tree include chlorotic lesions,girdling, fruit drop, defoliation, and the death of the tree.
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- non-dogmatic
- non-dollar
- non-dollar
- non-dom
- non-dom
- non-domestic
- non-domestic
- non-domiciled
- non-domiciled
- nondramatic
- non-drip
- non-drip
- nondriver
- nondrug
- nondurable
- non-durable goods
- nondurable goods
- non-durable-goods
- nondurable-goods
- none
- nonearning
- none but
- none-but
- nonecclesiastical
- non-economic damages