gird

[US]/gɜːd/
[UK]/ɡɝd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. bind or encircle with a belt or band.
Word Forms
Past Participlegirded
Third Person Singulargirds
Present Participlegirding
Past Tensegirded

Phrases & Collocations

gird your loins

girdle of truth

Example Sentences

gird one's waist with a sash

the mountains girding Kabul.

the clubmen girded at the Committee.

gird oneself up for a new battle

He girded for a rough fight.

a castle girded by a moat;

a young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood.

a white robe girded with a magenta sash.

Deck teel plate girder brige;

The climber girded himself with a rope.

He girded his sword on.

There’s a lot of hard work to be done before the weekend, so let’s gird up our loins and start.

The strength and deflection of putlog as easy supporting girder, and the ledger is over and supported by putlog.

According to the need of testing engineering practice, a project for deuce force sensor of double cantalever girder strain style was designed.

Private intilted air course makes sure the materials in the girding chamber enter into the mill along the inclined plane.

This method can acurately simulate the flow direction in gird near river, and can keep the direction of waterflow from crossing the watershed of subdrainage area.

Real-world Examples

Right-wing militias were girding for battle. In a poll before Election Day, 75% of Americans voiced concern about violence.

Source: Time

" Of course" ! said I, girding myself up for a fight.

Source: Family and the World (Part 1)

" None of us wants war, " acknowledged Lady Waynwood. " Autumn wanes, and we must gird ourselves for winter" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

A silvered shield belt with the patina of much use girded his narrow waist.

Source: "Dune" audiobook

Well, you know, Mrs. Tesman, how you used to gird at my little bachelor parties.

Source: Haida Gaobule

I think practice is the way to go, so just gird yourself and get out there.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

Americans are now girding themselves for the prospect of both a partisan battle over impeachment and perhaps the most fiercely contested election in recent memory.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

On June 17th Moody's, a credit-rating agency, agreed that the plan was ground-breaking, “girding the city for a tough fight with creditors of all types”.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

Girding for the worst, on July 5th Mr Habeck presented parliament with a package of bills aimed to give it more tools to react.

Source: Economist Business

Then Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to " get his verses." Sid had learned his lesson days before.

Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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