GIRTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does girth mean?
• GIRTH (noun)
The noun GIRTH has 2 senses:
1. the distance around a person's body
2. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
Familiarity information: GIRTH used as a noun is rare.
• GIRTH (verb)
The verb GIRTH has 2 senses:
1. encircle or bind
2. tie a cinch around
Familiarity information: GIRTH used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GIRTH (noun)
Meaning:
The distance around a person's body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("girth" is a kind of...):
circumference; perimeter (the size of something as given by the distance around it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "girth"):
spread (the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age))
Meaning:
Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cinch; girth
Hypernyms ("girth" is a kind of...):
saddlery; stable gear; tack (gear for a horse)
Holonyms ("girth" is a part of...):
harness (stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart)
• GIRTH (verb)
Meaning:
Encircle or bind
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
begird; girt; girth; gird
Context example:
Trees girded the green fields
Hypernyms (to "girth" is one way to...):
circle; encircle; environ; ring; round; surround (be around)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Tie a cinch around
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cinch; girth
Context example:
cinch horses
Hypernyms (to "girth" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
