GIRDLING Synonyms

• restricting the scope or freedom of action

• crowded

• the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

• being all around the edges; enclosing

• broad in scope or content

• closely encircling

• surrounding and closing in on or hemming in

• the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

• closely encircling

• the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

• an enveloping bandage

• move with slow, sinuous movements

• decorate or deck with wreaths

• form into a wreath

• confined by bonds

• held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

• secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

• a line determining the limits of an area

• the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

• the greatest possible degree of something

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

• covered or wrapped with a bandage

• headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

• bound by an oath

• bound by contract

• confined in the bowels

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• form the boundary of; be contiguous to

• place limits on (extent or amount or access)

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

• an unofficial association of people or groups

• something approximating the shape of a circle

• movement once around a course

• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

• street names for flunitrazepam

• a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

• any circular or rotating mechanism

• travel around something

• move in a circular path above (someone or something)

• form or draw a circle around

• include or contain; have as a component

• contain or hold; have within

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• be divisible by

• be capable of holding or containing

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• enclose in, or as if in, a case

• To gird around; to ingirt.

• tie or link together

• spin, wind, or twist together

• enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

• surround completely

• place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

• To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.

• To wrap around something in a circle.

• To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath.

• To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath.

• To form a wreathlike shape around something.

• To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.

• The motion or pattern of something that wreaths.

• a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers