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gird
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???d/
- (US) IPA(key): /??d/
Etymology 1
From Middle English girden, gerden, gürden, from Old English gyrdan (“to put a belt around, to put a girdle around”), from Proto-Germanic *gurdijan? (“to gird”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?erd?-. Cognate with West Frisian gurdzje, girdzje, Dutch gorden, German gürten, Swedish gjorda, Icelandic gyrða, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie together by weaving, to bind”).
Verb
gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded or girt)
- (transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.
- The fasces were girt about with twine in bundles large.
- (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... - Advance Australia Fair
- (transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself for an action.
Derived terms
- begird
- undergird
- ungird
Related terms
- girder
- girdle
- gird up one’s loins
- girt
Translations
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
gird (plural girds)
- A sarcastic remark.
- A stroke with a rod or switch.
- A severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion
- Conscience […] is freed from many fearful girds and twinges which the atheist feels.
- a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Folly of Scoffing at Religion
Translations
Verb
gird (third-person singular simple present girds, present participle girding, simple past and past participle girded)
- (transitive) To jeer at.
- (intransitive) To jeer.
Translations
Anagrams
- GRID, grid
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Alternative forms
- g?rd
Adjective
gird
- big
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girder
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???(?)d?(?)/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d?(r)
Noun
girder (plural girders)
- A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
- One who girds; a satirist.
Translations
See also
- truss
Anagrams
- Grider, gerrid
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