begird

  • 81circle — [n1] orb, loop, round figure amphitheater, aureole, band, belt, bowl, bracelet, circlet, circuit, circumference, circus, cirque, coil, colure, compass, cordon, corona, crown, cycle, disc, disk, ecliptic, enclosure, equator, full turn, globe, halo …

    New thesaurus

  • 82encircle — [v] circumscribe band, begird, cincture, circle, circuit, compass, cover, enclose, encompass, enfold, enring, envelop, environ, gird in, girdle, halo, hem in*, inclose, invest, ring, surround, wreathe; concept 758 Ant. let go, unloose …

    New thesaurus

  • 83hem — [n] border, edge brim, brink, define, edging, fringe, margin, perimeter, periphery, piping, rim, selvage, skirt, skirting, trimming, verge; concepts 484,513 Ant. body, center, interior hem / hem in [v] enclose, restrict begird, beset, border,… …

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  • 84hem in — hem [n] border, edge brim, brink, define, edging, fringe, margin, perimeter, periphery, piping, rim, selvage, skirt, skirting, trimming, verge; concepts 484,513 Ant. body, center, interior hem / hem in [v] enclose, restrict begird, beset, border …

    New thesaurus

  • 85loop — [n] circle, spiral bend, circuit, circumference, coil, convolution, curl, curve, eyelet, hoop, kink, knot, loophole, noose, ring, twirl, twist, whorl, wreath; concept 436 Ant. line loop [v] circle, spiral arc, arch, begird, bend, bow, braid, coil …

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  • 86ring — [n1] circle; circular object arena, band, brim, circlet, circuit, circus, enclosure, eye, girdle, halo, hoop, loop, ringlet, rink, round; concepts 436,446 ring [n2] group participating together association, band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, cartel …

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  • 87round — [adj1] ball shaped; semicircular area annular, arced, arched, arciform, bent, bowed, bulbous, circular, coiled, curled, curved, curvilinear, cylindrical, discoid, disk shaped, domical, egg shaped, elliptical, globose, globular, looped, orbed,… …

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  • 88i̯ō(u)s- : i̯ūs- —     i̯ōs : i̯ūs     [u]English meaning: belt; to begird     Deutsche Übersetzung: “gũrten”     Note: (presumably to i̯eu 2)     Material: Av. yü̊ ŋhayeiti (mostly with aiwi ) “gũrtet”, participle yüsta “gegũrtet”, yüh n. “Gũrtelschnur”; Gk …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 89be|girt — «bih GURT», adjective, verb. –adj. surrounded; encircled. a) a past tense and a past participle of begird …

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  • 90begyn — begyn, begyrd obs. forms of begin, begird …

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