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v. To encircle with a belt or band.

v. To fasten or secure (clothing, for example) with a belt or band.

v. To surround. See Synonyms at surround.

v. To equip or endow.

v. To prepare (oneself) for action.

verb-intransitive. To prepare for action: "Men still spoke of peace but girded more sternly for war” ( W. Bruce Lincoln).

idiom. gird (up) (one's) loins To summon up one's inner resources in preparation for action.

v. To jeer or jeer at.

n. A sarcastic remark.

n. A sarcastic remark.

v. To jeer at.

v. To jeer.

v. To bind with a flexible rope or cord.

v. To encircle with, or as if with a belt.

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.

verb-intransitive. To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.

v. To encircle or bind with any flexible band.

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

v. To surround; to encircle, or encompass.

v. To clothe; to swathe; to invest.

v. To prepare; to make ready; to equip.

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.

n. A hoop, especially one for a barrel, tub, or the like.

To strike; smite.

To lash with the tongue; gibe; reproach severely; taunt; upbraid.

To leap or spring with violence; rush.

To gibe; jeer; mock.

n. A stroke with a switch or whip; hence, a twinge or pang.

n. A short sudden effort; a spurt.

n. A sneer; a gibe; a taunt; a stroke of sarcasm.

n. Twist, used for binding together the fibers of yarn in the process of spinning.

v. prepare oneself for a military confrontation

v. put a girdle on or around

v. bind with something round or circular

"So "gird" -- put on one the bonds of a prisoner instead of the ordinary girdle (Joh 21: 18)."

girded    girding    girds    girt   

skirt    ring    environ    surround    border   

invest    prepare    brace    surround    besiege    to gird one's self   

girder    girt    undergird    girdle    gird up one’s loins   

girt   

forearm    re-arm    rearm   

twinge    pang    cut    gibe    sneer    strike    smite    mock    surround    clothe   

Bird    Byrd    Ferd    Kurd    Word    absurd    bird    blurred    burd    chauffeured   

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