Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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girdle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
border | Yes | No | Yes | No |
girdle (noun) | border (noun) |
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a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | a strip forming the outer edge of something |
a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers | a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge |
an encircling or ringlike structure | a line that indicates a boundary |
the boundary of a surface | |
the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary |
girdle (verb) | border (verb) |
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put a girdle on or around | lie adjacent to another or share a boundary |
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle |
enclose in or as if in a frame | |
provide with a border or edge | |
form the boundary of; be contiguous to |