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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)

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