gird
verb/ɡɜːd/
/ɡɜːrd/
(literary)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they gird | /ɡɜːd/ /ɡɜːrd/ |
| he / she / it girds | /ɡɜːdz/ /ɡɜːrdz/ |
| past simple girded | /ˈɡɜːdɪd/ /ˈɡɜːrdɪd/ |
| past participle girded | /ˈɡɜːdɪd/ /ˈɡɜːrdɪd/ |
| -ing form girding | /ˈɡɜːdɪŋ/ /ˈɡɜːrdɪŋ/ |
- gird somebody/something (with something) to surround something with something; to fasten something around somebody/somethingWord OriginOld English gyrdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gorden and German gürten, also to girdle and girth.
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Idioms
See gird in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygird (up) your loins
- (literary or humorous) to get ready to do something difficult
- The company is girding its loins for a plunge into the overseas market.
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