girdle vs intimate

girdle

noun
  • A garment used to hold the abdomen, hips, buttocks, and/or thighs in a particular shape. 

  • The clitellum of an earthworm. 

  • The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. 

  • That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumference 

  • A belt or sash at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery. 

  • The removal or inversion of a ring of bark in order to kill or stunt a tree. 

  • The zodiac; also, the equator. 

  • A thin bed or stratum of stone. 

verb
  • To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means. 

  • To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark. 

intimate

noun
  • Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store. 

  • A very close friend. 

adj
  • Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know. 

  • Closely acquainted; familiar. 

  • Very finely mixed. 

  • Of or involved in a sexual relationship. 

  • Personal; private. 

verb
  • To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly. 

  • To notify. 

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