gird
1to encircle or bind with a belt or band.
to surround; enclose; hem in.
to prepare (oneself) for action: He girded himself for the trial ahead.
to provide, equip, or invest, as with power or strength.
Origin of gird
1Other words for gird
Other words from gird
- gird·ing·ly, adverb
Other definitions for gird (2 of 2)
to gibe; jeer (usually followed by at).
to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
a gibe.
Origin of gird
2Other words from gird
- gird·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use gird in a sentence
Koch had girded himself for at least a year of contention before his research would be accepted.
When TB Was a Death Sentence: An Excerpt From ‘The Remedy’ | Thomas Goetz | April 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe play-to-the-base impulse is girded by a righteous certainty that can lead to at best impracticality and at worst absolutism.
Many had predicted an outright acquittal and girded for the subsequent disaster of a Rodney King-level riot.
And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe messenger would take no excuse; and at last, seeing no alternative, we girded our loins and accompanied the Hurkara.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows Taylor
He wore no armor save the Valencia hauberk beneath his mantle; but Trenchefer was girded to his side.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis"I'll do what I can," said Jane, lifting a look of girded resolve.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort MitchellThe course of his river was already traced and his loins were already girded.
The Tragic Muse | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for gird (1 of 3)
/ (ɡɜːd) /
to put a belt, girdle, etc, around (the waist or hips)
to bind or secure with or as if with a belt: to gird on one's armour
to surround; encircle
to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird (up) one's loins)
to endow with a rank, attribute, etc, esp knighthood
Origin of gird
1British Dictionary definitions for gird (2 of 3)
/ (ɡɜːd) Northern English dialect /
(when intr, foll by at) to jeer (at someone); mock
(tr) to strike (a blow at someone)
(intr) to move at high speed
a blow or stroke
a taunt; gibe
a display of bad temper or anger (esp in the phrases in a gird; throw a gird)
Origin of gird
2British Dictionary definitions for gird (3 of 3)
/ (ɡɪrd) /
Scot a hoop, esp a child's hoop: Also: girr
Origin of gird
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