Gird

[gɜːd] or [ɡɝd]

Definition

(verb.) bind with something round or circular.

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Definition

(n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

(n.) A cut; a sarcastic remark; a gibe; a sneer.

(v.) To strike; to smite.

(v.) To sneer at; to mock; to gibe.

(v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

(v. t.) To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

(v. t.) To make fast, as clothing, by binding with a cord, girdle, bandage, etc.

(v. t.) To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

(v. t.) To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

(v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Girdle, bind round, bind with a girdle.[2]. Surround, encircle, encompass, enclose, environ, engird, begird.[3]. Clothe, invest, equip, furnish.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Surround, encircle, hem, environ, belt, enclose, engirdle, encompass, girdle,begird

ANT:Disclose, open, expand, disencircle, disentangle, ungird

Checker: Mortimer

Definition

v.i. to gibe jeer (with at).—v.t. (obs.) to taunt.—n. (obs.) a sneer.

v.t. to bind round: to make fast by binding: to surround: to clothe furnish:—pa.t. and pa.p. gird′ed or girt.—n. Gird′er one of the principal pieces of timber in a floor binding the others together: in engineering any simple or compound beam of wood iron or steel used to support joisting walls arches &c. in various kinds of bridges.—Gird one's self to tuck up loose garments under the girdle: to brace the mind for any trial or effort.

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