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GIRTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
Synonyms:
cinch; girth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Derivation:
girth (tie a cinch around)
Sense 2
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))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tie a cinch around
Example:
cinch horses
Synonyms:
cinch; girth
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "girth" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
girth (stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place)
