Gird

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  • intransitive & transitive verb. To jeer or jeer at.
  • noun. A sarcastic remark.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To encircle (a person or the part of the body) with a belt or band.
  • intransitive verb. To fasten or secure (clothing, for example) with a belt or band.
  • intransitive verb. To surround.
  • intransitive verb. To prepare (oneself) for action.
  • intransitive verb. To prepare for action.
  • idiom. (gird (up) (one's) loins) To summon up one's inner resources in preparation for action.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To strike; smite.
  • To lash with the tongue; gibe; reproach severely; taunt; upbraid.
  • To leap or spring with violence; rush.
  • To gibe; jeer; mock.
  • noun. A hoop, especially one for a barrel, tub, or the like.
  • To bind or confine by encircling with any flexible material, as a cord, bandage, or cloth: as, to gird waist with a sash.
  • To make fast by binding; put on by tying or fastening: usually with on: to gird on a sword.
  • To surround; encircle; encompass; inclose.
  • To invest; clothe; dress; furnish; endue.
  • Hence— Figuratively, to brace the mind or spirit for any effort or trial.
  • noun. A stroke with a switch or whip; hence, a twinge or pang.
  • noun. A short sudden effort; a spurt.
  • noun. A sneer; a gibe; a taunt; a stroke of sarcasm.
  • noun. Twist, used for binding together the fibers of yarn in the process of spinning.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
  • noun. A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.
  • intransitive verb. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
  • transitive verb. To strike; to smite.
  • transitive verb. To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.
  • transitive verb. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.
  • transitive verb. To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.
  • transitive verb. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.
  • transitive verb. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.
  • transitive verb. To prepare; to make ready; to equip.
  • transitive verb. to put on; to fasten around or to one securely, like a girdle; as, to gird on armor or a sword.
  • transitive verb. to bind tightly with a girdle; to support and strengthen, as with a girdle.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sarcastic remark.
  • verb. To jeer at.
  • verb. To jeer.
  • verb. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
  • verb. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. prepare oneself for a military confrontation
  • verb. put a girdle on or around
  • verb. bind with something round or circular
  • Word Usage
    "So "gird" -- put on one the bonds of a prisoner instead of the ordinary girdle (Joh 21: 18)."
    cross-reference
    besiege  brace  invest  prepare  surround  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    border  environ  ring  skirt  surround  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    forearm  re-arm  rearm  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bird  Byrd  Ferd  Kurd  Word  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    band  bandage  beef up  begird  belt  
    variant
    girt  
    verb-form
    girded  girding  girds  girt