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- Dictionarygird/ɡəːd/
verb
- 1. encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band: literary "a young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood"
- 2. prepare oneself for something difficult or challenging: "they are girding themselves for the upcoming court case" Similar
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1. : to prepare (oneself) for action. 2. a. : to encircle or bind with a flexible band (such as a belt) b. : to make (something, such as clothing or a sword ) fast or secure (as with a cord or belt) gird a sword by a belt. c. : surround. 3. : provide, equip. especially : to invest with the sword of knighthood. intransitive verb.
GIRD definition: 1. to tie something around your body or part of your body: 2. to tie something around your body or…. Learn more.
To gird is to prepare for a military attack, but more loosely it refers to readying oneself for any kind of confrontation. When you gird for something, you are preparing for the worst-case scenario. Gird can also mean "fasten something tightly with a belt or a band" (as in "gird your loins"), or it can mean "to surround or encircle." A field ...
Gird definition: to encircle or bind with a belt or band.. See examples of GIRD used in a sentence.
Definition of gird verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to put a belt, girdle, etc, around (the waist or hips) 2. to bind or secure with or as if with a belt: to gird on one's armour. 3. to surround; encircle. 4. to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird ( up) one's loins) 5. to endow with a rank, attribute, etc, esp knighthood.
1. to put a belt, girdle, etc around (the waist or hips) 2. to bind or secure with or as if with a belt. to gird on one's armour. 3. to surround; encircle. 4. to prepare (oneself) for action (esp in the phrase gird ( up) one's loins) 5. to endow with a rank, attribute, etc, esp knighthood. Collins English Dictionary.
Gird definition: To encircle (a person or the part of the body) with a belt or band.
to 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. bef. 950; Middle English girden, Old English gyrdan; cognate with German gürten. gird′ing•ly, adv. 3. brace, steel, fortify, strengthen.
• The first people to leave went off hastily, while others lingered, girding themselves for the streets. gird (yourself) for something • Both the defenders and opponents of the Constitution girded for a tough fight.
