gird

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Related terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡɜː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /g3:(r\)d/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)d

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English gyrdan (“‘to put a belt around, to put a girdle around’”)

[edit] Verb

to gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded or girt)

1. (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.

   The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.

2. (transitive) To encircle with, or as if with a belt.

   The lady girt herself with silver chain, from which she hung a golden shear.

   Our home is girt by sea...

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[edit] Related terms

• girder
• girdle
• gird up one’s loins
• girt
• undergird

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

gird (plural girds)

1. A sarcastic remark.

[edit] Verb

to gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded)

1. (transitive) To jeer at.
2. (intransitive) To jeer.