Begird

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To encircle with or as if with a band.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To bind with a band or girdle.
  • v. To encircle, surround, as with a gird; inclose; encompass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
  • v. To surround as with a band; to encompass.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bind with a band or girdle.
  • To surround; inclose; encompass.
  • Word Usage
    "Chammath, -- and on another, the most fruitful country Gennesaret adjacent, -- did every way begird this city, when it was built, with pleasure and delight."
    Verb Form
    begirded    begirding    begirds    begirt   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    encompass