All girdling synonyms
girΒ·dle
G g noun girdling
- sketching β a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- planning β a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- drawing β an act of drawing.
- projecting β something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
- designing β artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
- aligning β to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- tracing β a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins.
- mapping β function
- drafting β a drawing, sketch, or design.
- delineating β to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
- charting β a sheet exhibiting information in tabular form.
- depicting β to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- diagramming β a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
- plotting β a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
verb girdling
- plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- delimit β If you delimit something, you fix or establish its limits.
- circumscribe β If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- hug β to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
- circle β A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
- bedevil β If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
- perplex β to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
- besiege β If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
- beleaguer β to trouble persistently; harass
- surround β to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- invade β to enter forcefully as an enemy; go into with hostile intent: Germany invaded Poland in 1939.
- overrun β to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- rotate β to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- whirl β to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
- delineate β If you delineate something such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail.
- set β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- distinguish β to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- blanket β A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- swaddle β to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
- brace β If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- twist β to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- curl β If you have curls, your hair is in the form of tight curves and spirals.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- spin β to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
- inundate β to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- infest β to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
adj girdling
- marking β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- bordering β the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
- delimiting β to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate: A ravine delimited the property on the north.
- zoning β (especially in city planning) of or relating to the division of an area into zones, as to restrict the number and types of buildings and their uses: zoning laws.
- bounding β under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
- banding β the practice of grouping schoolchildren according to ability to ensure a balanced intake at different levels of ability to secondary school