girt
verb
ˈgərt 
girted; girting; girts
transitive verb
1
: gird
2
: to fasten by means of a girth
intransitive verb
: to measure in girth
Synonyms
- band
- begird
- belt
- engird [archaic]
- engirdle
- enwind
- gird
- girdle
- girth
- wrap
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Example Sentences
the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages
Word History
Etymology
Middle English girten, alteration of girden
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
girted
verb
as in wrapped
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- wrapped
- girthed
- begirded
- engirded
- engirdled
- enwound
- tied up
- begirt
- girt
- bandaged
- circled
- enwreathed
- banded
- girdled
- girded
- taped
- wound
- belted
- looped
- trussed
- enswathed
- lashed
- wired
- roped
- winded
- corded
- wreathed
- swathed
- shackled
- enchained
- chained
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unwrapped
- ungirded
- untied
- unwound
- unshackled
- unbound
- unlashed
- trichocerosses
- trichocyst
- trichocysts
- trichode
- trichodesmia
- Trichodesmium
- trichodesmiums
- Trichodontidae
- trichodontidaes
- trichogen
- trichogenic
- trichogenous
- trichoglossi
- trichoglossuses
- trichoglossusses
- Trichogramma
- trichogramma wasp
- trichogyne
- trichogynes
- trichoid
- Tricholaena
- trichologies
- trichologist
- trichologists
- trichology