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girth

 
Noun girth has 2 senses
  1. girth - the distance around a person's body
    --1 is a kind of
    circumference, perimeter
    --1 has particulars: spread
  2. cinch, girth - stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
    --2 is a kind of stable gear, saddlery, tack
    --2 is a part of harness
    Derived form: verb girth2
Verb girth has 2 senses
  1. girth, girt, begird, gird - encircle or bind; "Trees girded the green fields"
    --1 is one way to surround, environ, encircle, circle, round, ring
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. cinch, girth - tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"
    --2 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
    Derived form: noun girth2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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