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girth
1. n. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle in place.
2. n. The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
3. n. (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
4. n. A small horizontal brace or girder.
5. n. The distance measured around an object.
6. n. (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
7. v. To bind as if with a girth or band.

Example Sentences

But there is a gap as wide as his own girth between what he says and what he does.  Children, the mortgage and the increasing girth that destroys a lithe and youthful body all play a part, she says.

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