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
Words Nearby gird
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
They warn authorities to gird themselves for the possibility that many more men could surface.
Penn State’s Next Battle: More Sandusky Accusers Come Forward | Diane Dimond | July 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAs we gird our national loins for the mid-term elections in November, here is a brisk primer on the movement.
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIn order to protect yourself from all evils, gird yourself with the rope with which a criminal has been hung.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements | Nesta H. WebsterMy subordinates may gird their loins to leap and run and gesticulate, shedding their own blood the while in crimson streams.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
Now gird thee well for courage, My knight of twenty year, Against the marching morrows That fill the world with fear!
Songs from Vagabondia | Bliss Carman and Richard HoveyBut the men here think it but fair; gird about their loins and set about working their way through.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 | William 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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