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girting

girting is the present participle and gerund of girt.

Meaning of girt

Verb (1)

girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)

  1. To gird.
  2. To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
  3. To measure the girth of.

Verb (2)

girt (third-person singular simple present girts, present participle girting, simple past and past participle girted)

  1. to capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.

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Questions about girting

What is girting the present participle and gerund of?
Girting is the present participle and gerund of girt.

Words near girting in the dictionary

  1. girths
  2. girthsome
  3. girthweld
  4. girthwelds
  5. girthy
  6. girting
  7. girtline
  8. girtlines
  9. Girton
  10. Girtons
  11. girts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: girting (page history and authors); girt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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