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gird

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verb (1)

girded ˈgər-dəd How to pronounce gird (audio) or girt ˈgərt How to pronounce gird (audio) ; girding

transitive verb

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
3
: provide, equip
especially : to invest with the sword of knighthood

intransitive verb

: to prepare for action
Both sides are girding for battle.

gird

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verb (2)

girded; girding; girds

transitive verb

: to sneer at : mock

intransitive verb

: gibe, rail
An unbearable ill-humour settled on the ship: men, mates, and master, girding at one another all day long. Robert Louis Stevenson

gird

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noun

: a sarcastic remark
Phrases
gird one's loins
: to prepare for action : muster up one's resources

Example Sentences

Noun in her farewell speech, the departing governor got in some retaliatory girds at the media

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English girden "to encircle the waist of, put a belt about, prepare (oneself)," going back to Old English gyrdan "to encircle with a belt, equip," going back to Germanic *gurđjan- (whence also Old Saxon gurdian "to encircle with a belt," Old High German gurten, Old Norse gyrða), probably from a zero-grade derivative of the Indo-European root seen in *ghorto- or *ghordho- "enclosure" — more at yard entry 1

Verb (2)

Middle English, to strike, thrust

First Known Use

Verb (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a

Verb (2)

1546, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun

1566, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gird was before the 12th century

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